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Variable speed · 975 W
B&l Pumps Tornado Variable speed Pool Pump
B&l Pumps Tornado Variable speed is a 975 W variable speed swimming pool pump registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration APP0286).
- Nameplate power
- 975 W
- Variable speed
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 522 kWh
- Label: 522 kWh · 1.4 kWh per day
- Estimated running cost
- $167 / year
- $1,670 over 10 years
- Efficiency (WEF)
- 35.0 L/Wh · 135 L/min at the label test point
3% more electricity than the median of 29 comparable 750–999 w variable speed pool pump registrations (509 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 38% of them. At your rates that is about $4 a year more than the median, $41 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 750–999 w variable speed pool pump sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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B&l Pumps Tornado Variable speed specifications
- Pump type
- Variable speed
- Nameplate input power
- 975 W
- Measured input power
- 975 W
- Current
- 6.5 A
- Weighted energy factor (WEF)
- 34.962 L/Wh
- Daily run time to pump 50,000 L
- 6.19 h
- Effective flow at test point (derived)
- 135 L/min
- “High” (as registered)
- 821.8
- “Low” (as registered)
- 821.8
- Annual energy (label)
- 522 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.23
- Country of manufacture
- –
“High” and “Low” are published in the registration without a documented unit; we do not interpret them. Effective flow is derived from the label test (50,000 L in the daily run time).
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- APP0286
- GEMS registration id
- 156326
- Status
- approved
- Available until
- 19 September 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Swimming Pool Pump-units) Determination 2021
- Test standard
- AS 5102.1-2019
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 9 February 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.