Australia · costs in AUD
Variable speed · 975 W
Poolrite SQ VS 1.5 Pool Pump
Poolrite SQ VS 1.5 is a 975 W variable speed swimming pool pump registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration APP0271).
- Nameplate power
- 975 W
- Variable speed
- Energy rating
- 6
- Annual electricity use
- 420 kWh
- Label: 422 kWh · 1.2 kWh per day
- Estimated running cost
- $134 / year
- $1,343 over 10 years
- Efficiency (WEF)
- 43.5 L/Wh · 141 L/min at the label test point
17% less electricity than the median of 29 comparable 750–999 w variable speed pool pump registrations (509 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 76% of them. At your rates that is about $28 a year less than the median, $280 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 750–999 w 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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|---|---|---|---|
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| Reltech V3 PRO975 W385 kWh/yr | 6 | $123 | |
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| Reltech GEN3-V3975 W385 kWh/yr | 6 | $123 | |
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Madimack 201021,000 W439 kWh/yr | 6 | $141 | |
| Madimack InverFlow1,000 W439 kWh/yr | 6 | $141 | |
| Oasis V310P975 W385 kWh/yr | 6 | $123 | |
| Stanley VS3975 W385 kWh/yr | 6 | $123 | |
| Reltech V3 PRO975 W385 kWh/yr | 6 | $123 | |
| Theralux TVS PRO 1.25HP975 W385 kWh/yr | 6 | $123 | |
| Reltech GEN3-V3975 W385 kWh/yr | 6 | $123 | |
| Superpool CL-VSP975 W385 kWh/yr | 6 | $123 |
kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
Compare SQ VS 1.5 with another pool pump
Poolrite SQ VS 1.5 specifications
- Pump type
- Variable speed
- Nameplate input power
- 975 W
- Measured input power
- 975 W
- Current
- 6.5 A
- Weighted energy factor (WEF)
- 43.469 L/Wh
- Daily run time to pump 50,000 L
- 5.91 h
- Effective flow at test point (derived)
- 141 L/min
- “High” (as registered)
- 1,315.0
- “Low” (as registered)
- 990.0
- Annual energy (label)
- 421.5 kWh
- Star rating index
- 6.20
- 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).
Other model numbers on registration APP0271
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- APP0271
- GEMS registration id
- 152680
- Status
- approved
- Available until
- 18 January 2028
- 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: poolrite.com. How the derived figures are calculated.