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When medium voltage autotransformer (RVAT) motor starters fail, also referred to as a Korndorfer starter, the results are almost always catastrophic, particularly ones in which there is no clear failure to the core or tap-to-tap but just layer-to-layer deep down in the windings. An offshore platform is used as an example to explain the techniques and to discuss site specific solutions that are based on recently developed switching transient analysis, sweep frequency response analysis and state-of-the-art EMTP simulation techniques. This paper will explain how the power system, interrupter, and transformer interact and outline the steps to solve this longstanding problem as well as present the newly applied solutions. Since implementation of these new solutions, no further failures have occurred.Index Terms ---Korndorfer, autotransformer, switching transient analysis, layer to layer failure, interrupter, power system, snubber, resonance (electrical), transformer terminal voltage and transient recovery voltage (TRV), ATP, EMTP, and SFRA.