Electrical System with a Connector Having a Shorting Spring

An electrical system, comprising:

• a connector including a housing, a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing, and a shorting spring disposed in the housing, the terminals include a first set of terminals and a second set of terminals, the shorting spring abuts a pair of terminals in the first set of terminals and connects the pair of terminals in a connected position;
• and
• a mating connector matable with the connector and having a plurality of mating terminals, the shorting spring is in the connected position when the connector and the mating connector are in an unmated state, the pair of terminals in the first set of terminals are connected with a pair of first mating terminals of the mating terminals in a mated state of the connector and the mating connector, the pair of terminals in the first set of terminals are connected to each other in the mated state by at least one of the shorting spring and a short connecting the first mating terminals.