Australia · costs in AUD
Single speed · 656 W
Baracuda WP000206 (Hydra+ 0.5HP) Pool Pump
Baracuda WP000206 (Hydra+ 0.5HP) is a 656 W single speed swimming pool pump registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration APP0023).
- Nameplate power
- 656 W
- Single speed
- Energy rating
- 2
- Annual electricity use
- 886 kWh
- Label: 886 kWh · 2.4 kWh per day
- Estimated running cost
- $284 / year
- $2,835 over 10 years
- Efficiency (WEF)
- 20.6 L/Wh · 196 L/min at the label test point
14% less electricity than the median of 26 comparable under 750 w single speed pool pump registrations (1,027 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 96% of them. At your rates that is about $45 a year less than the median, $452 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered under 750 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 WP000206 (Hydra+ 0.5HP) specifications
- Pump type
- Single speed
- Nameplate input power
- 656 W
- Measured input power
- 656 W
- Current
- 2.9 A
- Weighted energy factor (WEF)
- 20.598 L/Wh
- Daily run time to pump 50,000 L
- 4.25 h
- Effective flow at test point (derived)
- 196 L/min
- “High” (as registered)
- 570.7
- “Low” (as registered)
- 570.7
- Annual energy (label)
- 886 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.30
- 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
- APP0023
- GEMS registration id
- 146857
- Status
- approved
- Available until
- 17 May 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. Manufacturer: fluidra.co.za. How the derived figures are calculated.