{"id":38770,"date":"2026-10-26T07:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/videos\/pool\/retrofitting-a-variable-frequency-drive-for-your-pool-pump-installation-settings-and-saving-electricity\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T07:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:40:56","slug":"retrofitting-a-variable-frequency-drive-for-your-pool-pump-installation-settings-and-saving-electricity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/videos\/pool\/retrofitting-a-variable-frequency-drive-for-your-pool-pump-installation-settings-and-saving-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Retrofitting a Variable Frequency Drive for Your Pool Pump: Installation, Settings, and Saving Electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lZXEK5pNDLE\" title=\"52 % weniger Strom! Poolpumpe mit Frequenzumrichter im Praxistest - Stromverbrauch halbiert!\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZXEK5pNDLE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I retrofitted my SPECK BADU Magic II 8 with the AquaForte Vario+ II, reduced the speed, and cut daily electricity consumption\u2014including that of the UV-C lamp\u2014by about 43 percent. In this video, I&#8217;ll show you how to install, connect, and set up the variable-frequency drive on the pool pump. My measurements and experiences explain why 2,000 rpm have proven effective in real-world testing and what matters when it comes to runtime, tank flow, and compatibility.<\/p><div id=\"comma-1030469582\" class=\"comma-inhalt comma-entity-placement\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3563316148321376\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><insclass=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3563316148321376\" data-ad-slot=\"6867259082\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Click here for the detailed article: <a href=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/2026\/10\/frequenzumrichter-poolpumpe-einbau-einstellungen-und-strom-sparen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variable-Frequency Drive for a Pool Pump: Installation, Settings, and Saving Electricity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my playlist with more videos: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EN_XX4pEuJ0&amp;list=PLPz3dSjkl_ukp-nT8mc6_zC7OvT1Mg1R7&amp;index=22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Pool<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to see more from me and my projects, feel free to check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/commaik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"atkp-product-carousel-unit atkp-product-carousel-unit-6aec66976c7ab  atkp-template-carousel\" id=\"atkp-product-carousel\"  data-uid=\"6aec66976c7ab\">\r\n    \r\n    <!-- Title of the ad localized according to the marketplace picked from the AalbHeader tag-->\r\n    <div class=\"atkp-pc-wrapper atkp-pc-wrapper-6aec66976c7ab\">\r\n        <div class=\"atkp-pc-product-container atkp-pc-product-container-6aec66976c7ab\">\r\n            <ul class=\"atkp-pc-product-list atkp-pc-product-list-6aec66976c7ab\">\r\n                                    <li class=\"atkp-pc-product atkp-pc-product-6aec66976c7ab \">\r\n                        <div class=\"atkp-pc-product-image\">\r\n                            <div class=\"atkp-pc-product-image-wrapper\">\r\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/B07Q2XQHF7?tag=wwwcommaikde-21&#038;linkCode=ogi&#038;th=1&#038;psc=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"ga(&#039;send&#039;, &#039;event&#039;, &#039;Link (carousel, Amazon commaik-21)&#039;, &#039;click&#039;, &#039; (Frequenzumrichter Poolpumpe)&#039;);\" title=\"Aqua VARIO Plus POOL Total Edition mit Drehzahlsteuerung - F&uuml;r Pools von 10.000 bis 60.000 l Wasserinhalt - Selbstansaugend Salzwasserbest&auml;ndig Laufruhig Servicefreundlich Verschlei&szlig;arm\"> <!--Individual attributes are provided as variable tags as . 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My measurements and experiences explain why 2,000 rpm have proven effective in real-world testing and what matters when it comes to runtime, tank flow, and compatibility. Click here for the detailed article: Variable-Frequency Drive for a Pool Pump: Installation, Settings, and Saving Electricity &nbsp; Here&#8217;s my playlist with more videos: Project Pool If you&#8217;d like to see more from me and my projects, feel free to check out my YouTube channel. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38771,"parent":22395,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38770","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38776,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38770\/revisions\/38776"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}