Telecommunications protector panel connector assembly

A protector panel for telephone wires comprising:

• at least a first, a second, a third, and a fourth parallel row of socket groups, wherein each of said socket groups comprises a plurality of receptacles for receiving pins of a plug-in excess voltage module, wherein each of said socket groups has an incoming tip receptacle and an outgoing tip receptacle for connection to incoming and outgoing tip lines, respectively, and an incoming ring receptacle and an outgoing ring receptacle for connection to incoming and outgoing ring lines, respectively;
• wherein said socket groups in said first row are oriented relative to said socket groups in said second row such that each incoming tip receptacle of each of said socket groups in said first row is more closely spaced to one of said receptacles other than said incoming ring receptacles of said socket groups of said second row;
• and
• said socket groups in said first and third rows are offset from said socket groups in said second and fourth rows and staggered such that a line perpendicular to said rows and passing through an incoming tip receptacle in said first row will not pass through an incoming tip receptacle in said second and fourth rows, but will pass through an incoming tip receptacle in said third row.

A protector panel for telephone wires comprising:

• a plurality of parallel rows of socket groups on a front side of said panel, each of said socket groups comprising a plurality of receptacles for receiving prongs of a plug-in excess voltage module;
• a plurality of pins grouped in pairs, said pins being connected to said socket groups and protruding from a back side of said panel;
• and
• a pair of wires leading to and wrapped around each pair of said pins, each of said wires being twisted about one another to a point proximate said pair of pins, at which point said wires of said pair are separated to attach to their respective pins.