To reduce the inrush current, larger motors will have reduced-voltage starters or variable speed drives in order to minimise voltage dips to the power supply.
The selection of overcurrent protection devices such as fuses and circuit breakers is made more complicated when high inrush currents must be tolerated.
Thermistors are widely used as inrush current limiters, temperature sensors, self-resetting overcurrent protectors, and self-regulating heating elements.