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Nameplate power: 1,250 W; Variable speed
Energy rating: 4.5
Annual electricity use: 611 kWh; Label: 611 kWh · 1.7 kWh per day
Estimated running cost: $196 / year; $1,956 over 10 years

Efficiency (WEF): 29.9 L/Wh · 137 L/min at the label test point

11% more electricity than the median of 20 comparable 1,250–1,499 w variable speed pool pump registrations (550 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 10% of them. At your rates that is about $19 a year more than the median, $195 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 550476618

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 20 comparable 1,250–1,499 w variable speed pool pump registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 1,250–1,499 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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Dab E.SWIM 150 specifications

Pump type: Variable speed
Nameplate input power: 1,250 W
Measured input power: 1,250 W
Current: 5.6 A
Weighted energy factor (WEF): 29.861 L/Wh
Daily run time to pump 50,000 L: 6.08 h
Effective flow at test point (derived): 137 L/min
“High” (as registered): 1,202.3
“Low” (as registered): 1,202.3
Annual energy (label): 611.2 kWh
Star rating index: 4.90
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: APP0194
GEMS registration id: 150315
Status: approved
Available until: 28 October 2027
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: dabpumps.com/en. How the derived figures are calculated.