In canned motor pumps rated up to 1000 horsepower, conventional circuit breakers are employed for protection against locked rotor and current overload conditions. Locked rotor trip protection is usually based on rotor bar temperature rise time limits which may be of the order of ten seconds or less for high-power motors. In canned motors with fluid film bearings, bearing water temperature is often monitored by resistance temperature detectors(RTD) installed in wells immersed in the internal coolant flowpath and alarm temperatures are set around 250F for bearings employing carbon-graphite materials. Stator winding hotspot temperatures are also monitored by RTDs to prevent operating at temperatures in excess of the motor insulation temperature rating established by insulation class.