The switching test of shunt capacitoris an important test to check quality of the capacitor and the test considers comprehensively the overall performance of the device.However

it cannot be tested in the laboratory at present due to the limit of test condition.Therefore

two kinds of test schemes under laboratory conditions are proposed in this paper

the consistency of the two test circuits is verified and

with combination of test verification

the impulse current

inrush currentand residual voltage occurringduring the switching of shunt capacitor are analyzed so to provide reference for implementing the switching test in the laboratory.