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More of an explanation is needed to give a good answer. It is possible for a line reactor to overheat due to harmonics. What voltage? What is the sub layout? When does this appear to occur? How old is the reactor (perhaps it is actually failing, so the harmonics are just pushing it over the edge)? How big is the reactor? Is there a capacitor bank nearby? Capacitance of the line? Length of the line? When is it switched on/off? How strong is the source bus that it is being switched to (is it turned on and the line is energized locally, or from the remote end)? etc., etc.

If possible, a better forum for such a question may be Eng-tips, although there are people here that may be able to give some good insights.

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