ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR USE IN HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT MULTITERMINAL SWITCHING STATION

An electrical system (300) comprising: a first busbar (302a); a second busbar (302b); a resistor module (306) comprising one or more resistors, the resistor module (306) being electrically coupled between the first busbar (302a) and the second busbar (302b); a first switching element (307), the first switching element (307) being electrically coupled between the first busbar (302a) and the second busbar (302b), the first switching element (307) being in series with the resistor module (306); and a plurality of power transmission media (304); wherein each power transmission medium (304) of the plurality of power transmission media (304) is electrically coupled to the first busbar (302a) via a respective second switching element (308); and each power transmission medium (304) of the plurality of power transmission media (304) is electrically coupled to the second busbar (302b) via a respective third switching element (310).