I have been digging and tinkering to come up with a soft start and soft stop for a 24 VDC at 5 amps well pump . The reason is that I want it to start up with as little torque as possible . This is what wears and tears on the suspension, wiring, and piping . So far I have using a power MOSFET gated by a RC time circuit with additional bypass IDEC "Ice Cubes" . Ideas and suggestions ? This is a first post .