Australia Β· costs in AUD
Single speed Β· 1,600 W
Pentair WHFL-1500-1P Pool Pump
Pentair WHFL-1500-1P is a 1,600 W single speed swimming pool pump registered under Australiaβs Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration APP0056).
- Nameplate power
- 1,600 W
- Single speed
- Energy rating
- 1.5
- Annual electricity use
- 1,435 kWh
- Label: 1,435 kWh Β· 3.9 kWh per day
- Estimated running cost
- $459 / year
- $4,592 over 10 years
- Efficiency (WEF)
- 12.7 L/Wh Β· 287 L/min at the label test point
5% less electricity than the median of 51 comparable 1,500 w and above single speed pool pump registrations (1,511 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 71% of them. At your rates that is about $24 a year less than the median, $243 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 1,500 w and above 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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| Davey C150M1,600 W1,440 kWh/yr | 1 | $461 | |
| Reefe SPP15001,610 W1,515 kWh/yr | 1 | $485 | |
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
Compare WHFL-1500-1P with another pool pump
Pentair WHFL-1500-1P specifications
- Pump type
- Single speed
- Nameplate input power
- 1,600 W
- Measured input power
- 1,600 W
- Current
- 6.3 A
- Weighted energy factor (WEF)
- 12.717 L/Wh
- Daily run time to pump 50,000 L
- 2.91 h
- Effective flow at test point (derived)
- 287 L/min
- βHighβ (as registered)
- 1,353.2
- βLowβ (as registered)
- 1,353.2
- Annual energy (label)
- 1435.1 kWh
- Star rating index
- 1.50
- Country of manufacture
- β
βHighβ and βLowβ 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 APP0056
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- APP0056
- GEMS registration id
- 148851
- Status
- approved
- Available until
- 9 August 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- β
- 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.