Protective cover for electrical connector

In combination:

• an electrical connector terminated to an electrical cable, said connector comprising an insulative housing having a plurality of electrical contacts, said contacts being electrically connected to conductors of said cable, said housing having a mating end including a ledge portion supporting said contacts in spaced disposition thereon and a lid portion extending over and spaced from said ledge portion, said ledge portion including on its upper surface insulative partitions disposed between said contacts, said housing further including opposing side surfaces extending between said ledge portion and said lid portion;
• and
• a cover in removable attachment with said terminated connector, said cover including a substantially planar, back wall and a bottom wall extending substantially perpendicular to said back wall, at least two spaced guiding members projecting outwardly from said back wall and each having thereon a guiding surface that contacts a respective side surface of said connector housing and guides the cover onto said mating end, said cover including on each of said guiding members a contact surface in contact with one of said insulative partitions and two spaced engagement surfaces supported by said bottom wall in engagement with an undersurface of said connector ledge portion.