Switching high voltage reactors can impose a severe duty on the connected system, switching device, and shunt reactor. Modern switching devices interrupt the small inductive current shortly after the separation of the contacts. If the interrupter’s contacts have not separated enough to sustain the rapidly rising TRV, a re-ignition of the arc will occur. These high magnitude and high frequency re-ignitions can shorten the life of the reactor and the switching device. The Southern States’ RLSwitcher^®, with its patented interrupter design, has helped satisfied customers minimize the probability and magnitude of these harmful re-ignitions since 2010.