ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY

There is provided an electrical assembly (20) for interconnecting first and second networks (40). The electrical assembly (20) comprises a power transmission medium (36,38) and a converter (22), the power transmission medium (36,38) configured for connection to the first network, the converter (22) including:a first terminal (24,26) and a second terminal (34), the first terminal (24,26) connected to the power transmission medium (36,38), the second terminal (34) configured for connection to the second network (40);at least one switching module (44) arranged to interconnect the first terminal (24,26) and the second terminal (34), the or each switching module (44) switchable to control a transfer of power between the first and second networks (40);at least one discharge circuit including a discharge switching element (50) and a discharge resistor (52), the or each discharge switching element (50) switchable to switch the corresponding discharge resistor (52) into and out of the converter (22); anda controller (58) configured to selectively control the switching of the or each discharge switching element (50) to form a current path (60) in the converter (22), the current path including the or each discharge resistor (22), so that a discharging current flows through the current path to discharge an energy stored in the power transmission medium (36,38).