Century EVO VS NIDEC: The Best Pool Pump Motor Upgrade

You can save serious money by upgrading to a variable speed pool pump without cutting pipes, but only if you understand what you’re trading off. We put two popular retrofit options side by side: the Century V-Green Evo and the NIDEC variable speed replacement motor. Both let you keep your existing wet end and swap only the motor and drive, but they feel very different to live with day to day. We walk through the details that actually change the outcome: available total horsepower options, du...