exterior however in this case the projected area of the connector will increase after compression thereof for this reason it is advantageous to form the depressions 21 a so that they protrude toward the interior from the viewpoint of miniaturzation of the connector 1 after compression thereof the central portions 22 in which the depressions 21 a have been formed are capable of being deformed with a comparatively low amount of force therefore they can be easily deformed with hand tools such as pliers or a manual press not shown in addition the shock force during deformation is small therefore the shock force transmitted through the wires being connected is also small accordingly the connector 1 may be utilized even in the case that the members to be connected such as fluorescent tubes are fragile note that a notch 26 see fig3 is formed in a link portion 23 see fig1 and fig3 between the connector 1 and the carrier 2 along the broken line 24 of fig1 the connector 1 is separated from the carrier 2 by being cut at the notch 26 the connector 1 formed in the manner described above is extremely compact each of the dimensions of height width and depth may be less than or equal to 2 mm the connection of wires to each other.