Multiple protected live circuit wet connect system

A multiple contact wet connector system for preventing cross-coupling during connection and disconnection of live electrical lines, comprising;

• an insulated cylindrical probe,
• a cylindrical receptacle housing, said receptacle housing having an inner insulator sleeve, said housing having an open end adapted to removably receive said probe;
• at least three probe electrical contacts disposed axially along an outer surface of said probe;
• at least three electrical receptacle contacts disposed axially along an inner surface of said receptacle housing insulator sleeve, said receptacle contacts spaced along the inner surface so as to be matingly juxtaposed with the at least three probe contacts when said probe is seated within said receptacle, thereby creating at least three pairs of contacts, each pair acting cooperatively to conduct electricity;
• the contacts on said probe and said receptacle are uniquely spaced in the axial direction along said probe and said receptacle such that no more than one of the at least three probe contacts may be aligned with and contacting any of the at least three receptacle contacts, unless said probe is seated within said receptacle.

A multiple contact connector system for preventing cross-coupling during connection and disconnection of live electrical lines, comprising;

• an insulated probe,
• a receptacle housing, said housing having an open end adapted to removably receive said probe;
• at least three probe electrical contacts disposed axially along an outer surface of said probe;
• at least three receptacle electrical contacts disposed axially along an inner surface of said receptacle housing, said receptacle contacts spaced along the inner surface so as to be matingly juxtaposed with the at least three probe contacts when said probe is seated within said receptacle, thereby creating at least three pairs of contacts, each pair acting cooperatively to conduct electricity;
• the contacts on said probe and said receptacle are uniquely spaced in the axial direction along said probe and said receptacle such that no more than one of the at least three probe contacts may be aligned with and contacting any of the at least three receptacle contacts, unless said probe is seated within said receptacle.

A method for preventing cross-coupling during connection of multiple live electrical lines in downhole tools, comprising;

• using a multiple contact connector system comprising;
• an insulated probe with at least three electrical contacts disposed axially along an outer surface of said probe, said probe adapted to install into a first downhole tool;
• a receptacle housing, said housing adapted to install into a second downhole tool, said housing having an open end adapted to removably receive said probe when said first downhole tool is connected or disconnected to said second downhole tool, said housing having at least three electrical contacts disposed on an inner surface so as to be matingly juxtaposed with the at least three probe contacts when said probe is seated within said receptacle, thereby creating at least three pairs of contacts, each pair acting cooperatively to conduct electricity;
• selecting the spacing of said at least three probe contacts and said at least three receptacle contacts such that no more than one of the at least three probe contacts may be aligned with and contacting any of the at least three receptacle contacts, unless said probe is seated within said receptacle during connection and disconnection of the first and second downhole tools.