An electrical power system overvoltage protection arrangement, comprising: a bus ; a load ; wherein the load is a power system or other type of load ; a variable frequency generator, VFG, that is configured to provide three-phase AC voltage to the bus being coupled to the load ; a generator controller being coupled to the VFG to control the VFG; an overvoltage protection device ; a short circuit path from the overvoltage protection device to the generator controller ; the overvoltage protection device including a rectifier bridge coupled between the bus and a DC bus and configured to rectify the three-phase AC voltage and to convert the three-phase AC voltage to a DC voltage ; a sensor circuit configured to detect the DC bus voltage exceeding a threshold value; a controller ; and further including a switch coupled to the DC bus and configured to transition back-and-forth between an off-state to an on-state, the switch in the on-state completing the short circuit path to the VFG to absorb the DC voltage in excess of the threshold value by sending an Off signal to the generator controller to de-excite the generator ; and a DC link current sensor configured to measure current through the switch and to provide a current reading of current through the switch to the controller ; the sensor circuit is configured to transition the switch from the off-state to the on-state in response to a variation of the DC voltage, the controller is configured to transition the switch from the on-state to the off-state to deactivate the overvoltage protection device, in response to a current reading from the DC link current sensor. a bus ; a load ; wherein the load is a power system or other type of load ; a variable frequency generator, VFG, that is configured to provide three-phase AC voltage to the bus being coupled to the load ; a generator controller being coupled to the VFG to control the VFG; an overvoltage protection device ; a short circuit path from the overvoltage protection device to the generator controller ; the overvoltage protection device including a rectifier bridge coupled between the bus and a DC bus and configured to rectify the three-phase AC voltage and to convert the three-phase AC voltage to a DC voltage ; a sensor circuit configured to detect the DC bus voltage exceeding a threshold value; a controller ; and further including a switch coupled to the DC bus and configured to transition back-and-forth between an off-state to an on-state, the switch in the on-state completing the short circuit path to the VFG to absorb the DC voltage in excess of the threshold value by sending an Off signal to the generator controller to de-excite the generator ; and a DC link current sensor configured to measure current through the switch and to provide a current reading of current through the switch to the controller ; the sensor circuit is configured to transition the switch from the off-state to the on-state in response to a variation of the DC voltage, the controller is configured to transition the switch from the on-state to the off-state to deactivate the overvoltage protection device, in response to a current reading from the DC link current sensor. <EOS>