A modular housing assembly for an electrical connector connectable to a plug fuse includes a surrounding housing and an inner housing that receives a contact element plugged to the plug fuse and has an insertion opening through which one of the fuse contacts of the plug fuse can be plugged. The surrounding housing includes a module chamber receiving the inner housing and an access opening leading into the module chamber that passes through a housing wall and is sized to receive the fuse body of the plug fuse along the material thickness of the housing wall. The fuse contact coming from outside can better reach the internally disposed contact element. An electrical connector is provided with such a housing assembly and a contact element.

A socket assembly for a fuse connector comprises a first bus bar, a fuse bus bar, and a fuse holder. The first bus bar comprises a contact blade extending toward a proximal end of the socket assembly and a fuse contact assembly. The fuse bus bar comprises a first fuse contact assembly and a distal end positioned adjacently to a distal end of the socket assembly. The fuse holder is removably engaged with the socket assembly and comprises an end wall at a distal end of the fuse holder. The end wall is configured to pass through the fuse contact assembly of the first bus bar and through the first fuse contact assembly of the fuse bus bar when removed from or inserted into the socket assembly.