Systems, methods and devices for aircraft power distribution include a bipolar high voltage direct current source component; an electrical loading component capable of drawing electrical power from the bipolar high voltage direct current source component; a set of switching components configured to selectively couple power from the bipolar high voltage DC source component to the electrical loading; and a transient suppression component. The transient suppression component is configured to limit current flowing through the first or the second subset of the set of switching components when the first and the second subsets are not in the same state.