Module for telephone line conductor pair having single protector unit

A terminal block for crossconnecting respective conductors of two-wire service cables having integral surge protection for the circuits thus defined, comprising:

• a terminal housing module section having a pair of housing sections for respective terminals, and two terminals disposed in respective terminal-receiving cavities of said housing sections each having a pair of conductor-terminating sections exposed in respective conductor-receiving openings of said housing sections;
• a protector housing section including a cavity therein having disposed therein a protector unit having a ground electrode and a pair of active electrodes, and further having a module ground strap secured thereto having a first contact section in electrical engagement with said ground electrode of said protector unit and a second contact section exposed for grounding engagement with an external ground circuit for system ground;
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• leads extending from said active electrodes of said protector unit to end portions secured in electrical engagement with respective said terminals upon complete assembly,
• whereby a terminal block is defined adapted for first conductors of first and second two=wire cables to be terminated to one of said terminals, and for second conductors of said first and second two-wire cables to be terminated to the other thereof thus crossconnecting the service cables, whereupon the module provides voltage and current surface protection for the circuits of the service cables thus crossconnected with a single protector unit.