Name: Pentair PPP-550-1P
Brand: Pentair
SKU: APP0042

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Nameplate power: 825 W; Single speed
Energy rating: 1.5
Annual electricity use: 1,070 kWh; Label: 1,070 kWh · 2.9 kWh per day
Estimated running cost: $342 / year; $3,423 over 10 years

Efficiency (WEF): 17.1 L/Wh · 208 L/min at the label test point

5% less 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 74% of them. At your rates that is about $20 a year less than the median, $199 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 (below 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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Pentair PPP-550-1P specifications

Pump type: Single speed
Nameplate input power: 825 W
Measured input power: 825 W
Current: 3.6 A
Weighted energy factor (WEF): 17.062 L/Wh
Daily run time to pump 50,000 L: 4.01 h
Effective flow at test point (derived): 208 L/min
“High” (as registered): 729.9
“Low” (as registered): 729.9
Annual energy (label): 1069.6 kWh
Star rating index: 1.77
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: APP0042
GEMS registration id: 147680
Status: approved
Available until: 21 June 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. How the derived figures are calculated.