Ballast connector for lighting fixture

In an electrical connector of the type allowing for the individual or mass loading and extraction of electrical conductors therefrom, where said connector includes a plurality of cavities therein extending longitudinally between a contact loading face and a conductor receiving face, where said conductor receiving face includes an aligned row of conductor openings of a like plurality communicating with said cavities, and a stamped electrical contact within each said cavity, said contact including a base and a pair of spaced apart arms upstanding therefrom, where the inner edge of a first arm is aligned with its corresponding conductor opening, and the other arm includes an angular extension directed downwardly and toward said first arm, where the end most edge thereof is aligned with and exposed to its corresponding conductor opening, the improvement comprising in combination therewith the provision that each said contact is planarly aligned in a direction transverse to said longitudinal direction, and that said angular extension is arranged to flex within the plane of said contact upon loading and extracting conductors therefrom, and a lateral slot extending from each said conductor opening for receiving an externally applied extraction member, whereby said extraction member may be received in said lateral slot to laterally flex said angular extension to provide a free path for said electrical conductor so as to remove said electrical conductor from contact with said inner edge.