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Nameplate power: 2,250 W; Variable speed
Energy rating: 5
Annual electricity use: 691 kWh; Label: 691 kWh · 1.9 kWh per day
Estimated running cost: $221 / year; $2,212 over 10 years

Efficiency (WEF): 26.4 L/Wh · 149 L/min at the label test point

30% more electricity than the median of 31 comparable 1,500 w and above variable speed pool pump registrations (531 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 10% of them. At your rates that is about $51 a year more than the median, $513 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 531452691

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 31 comparable 1,500 w and above variable speed pool pump registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 1,500 w and above variable speed pool pump sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Same type and size group, at least 3% lower annual kWh on the label basis.

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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Maytronics ECOCLEAR VS 15001,850 W686 kWh/yr	1,850 W	5	686	$220	13% of similar
Badu BADU Delta Eco VS1,990 W444 kWh/yr	1,990 W	7	444	$142	90% of similar
Maytronics ecoclear 1400-VS 2.0 hp1,990 W444 kWh/yr	1,990 W	7	444	$142	90% of similar

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Dab E.SWIM 300 specifications

Pump type: Variable speed
Nameplate input power: 2,250 W
Measured input power: 2,250 W
Current: 9.9 A
Weighted energy factor (WEF): 26.397 L/Wh
Daily run time to pump 50,000 L: 5.60 h
Effective flow at test point (derived): 149 L/min
“High” (as registered): 2,199.0
“Low” (as registered): 2,199.0
Annual energy (label): 691.4 kWh
Star rating index: 5.42
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: APP0183
GEMS registration id: 150313
Status: approved
Available until: 19 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.