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Surge Protectors

Does anyone have a good way to reduce the surges caused by sudden loads on the drive motors? I have a feeling that people will be burning motors/kicking breakers alot this year due to the heavy strain that will be placed on the drives. My team has been experimenting with 2 methods to reduce surges. One involves measuring the speed of a wheel, which (to my surprise) worked after spending about 1 hr trying to program it. Does anyone else have a good idea as to reducing these sudden electrical surges?