Name: Baracuda WP000051 (HYDRA 1.0HP)
Brand: Baracuda
SKU: APP0050

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Nameplate power: 970 W; Single speed
Energy rating: 1
Annual electricity use: 1,318 kWh; Label: 1,318 kWh · 3.6 kWh per day
Estimated running cost: $422 / year; $4,219 over 10 years

Efficiency (WEF): 13.8 L/Wh · 231 L/min at the label test point

17% more electricity than the median of 76 comparable 750–999 w single speed pool pump registrations (1,132 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 1% of them. At your rates that is about $60 a year more than the median, $597 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 1,1321,0021,237

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 76 comparable 750–999 w single speed pool pump registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 750–999 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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Baracuda WP000051 (HYDRA 1.0HP) specifications

Pump type: Single speed
Nameplate input power: 970 W
Measured input power: 970 W
Current: –
Weighted energy factor (WEF): 13.842 L/Wh
Daily run time to pump 50,000 L: 3.61 h
Effective flow at test point (derived): 231 L/min
“High” (as registered): 999.9
“Low” (as registered): 999.9
Annual energy (label): 1318.4 kWh
Star rating index: 1.07
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).

Other model numbers on registration APP0050

Australian GEMS registration details

Registration number: APP0050
GEMS registration id: 148532
Status: approved
Available until: 20 July 2027
Registered for sale in: Australia, 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. How the derived figures are calculated.