Name: Badu BADU Pro 18 1.5 hp
Brand: Badu
SKU: APP0319

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Nameplate power: 1,250 W; Single speed
Energy rating: 1.5
Annual electricity use: 1,284 kWh; Label: 1,284 kWh · 3.5 kWh per day
Estimated running cost: $411 / year; $4,109 over 10 years

Efficiency (WEF): 14.2 L/Wh · 247 L/min at the label test point

9% less electricity than the median of 41 comparable 1,250–1,499 w single speed pool pump registrations (1,417 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 88% of them. At your rates that is about $43 a year less than the median, $426 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 1,4171,2841,481

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 41 comparable 1,250–1,499 w single speed pool pump registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 1,250–1,499 w single 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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Badu BADU Pro 18 1.5 hp specifications

Pump type: Single speed
Nameplate input power: 1,250 W
Measured input power: 1,250 W
Current: 4.6 A
Weighted energy factor (WEF): 14.213 L/Wh
Daily run time to pump 50,000 L: 3.37 h
Effective flow at test point (derived): 247 L/min
“High” (as registered): 1,042.7
“Low” (as registered): 1,042.7
Annual energy (label): 1284 kWh
Star rating index: 1.58
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: APP0319
GEMS registration id: 159990
Status: approved
Available until: –
Registered for sale in: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
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. Manufacturer: speck-pumps.com. How the derived figures are calculated.