The invention relates to a high-
voltage system (1') for a motor vehicle, comprising: - an electrical high-
voltage energy storage device (2) with storage-side HV connections (5a, 5b), - a high-
voltage on-board network (3) having on-board network-side HV connections (6a, 6b) and a
capacitance arrangement (10) with one X-
capacitance (Cx) and two Y-capacitances (Cy1, Cy2), - a switching device (4) connected to the HV connections (5a, 5b, 6a, 6b) for connecting the high-voltage
energy storage device (2) and the high-voltage on-board network (3), - a
discharge device (11') for discharging the
capacitor arrangement (10), which has a
discharge resistor (Re) connected to the vehicle electrical
system-side HV connections (6a, 6b) and a passive
discharge circuit (12a, 12b) for each Y-
capacitor (Cy1, Cy2), wherein the discharge circuits (12a, 12b) are designed to discharge the Y-capacitors (Cy1, Cy2) and each have at least one
diode (D) for this purpose, wherein the diodes (D) are reverse-biased with respect to a normal polarity of voltages (Uy1, Uy2) dropped across the Y-capacitors (Cy1, Cy2) when the switching device (4) is closed, and wherein the at least one
diode (D) of a discharge circuit (12b) is caused by a polarity change of the voltage (Uy2) at the associated Y-
capacitor (Cy2) by charging the Y-capacitances (Cy1, Cy2) and by the discharge resistance-related potential
coupling of the on-board network-side HV connections (6a, 6b), can be polarized in the forward direction to discharge the Y-capacitances (Cy1, Cy2),wherein the discharge device (11') has a contacting element (14) which, in a first state, electrically connects the discharge circuits (12a, 12b) to the ground potential (M) and, in a second state, separates the discharge circuits (12a, 12b) from the ground potential (M) for a
dielectric strength test of the high-voltage
system (1) with the switching device (4) closed.