Name: Poolrite SQI 500
Brand: Poolrite
SKU: APP0263

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Nameplate power: 1,250 W; Single speed
Energy rating: 1
Annual electricity use: 1,423 kWh; Label: 1,423 kWh · 3.9 kWh per day
Estimated running cost: $455 / year; $4,554 over 10 years

Efficiency (WEF): 12.8 L/Wh · 238 L/min at the label test point

About the same electricity as the median of 41 comparable 1,250–1,499 w single speed pool pump registrations (1,417 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 44% of them. At your rates that is about $2 a year more than the median, $20 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 1,4171,2841,481

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 41 comparable 1,250–1,499 w single 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 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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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Poolrite SQI 500 specifications

Pump type: Single speed
Nameplate input power: 1,250 W
Measured input power: 1,250 W
Current: 5.4 A
Weighted energy factor (WEF): 12.824 L/Wh
Daily run time to pump 50,000 L: 3.50 h
Effective flow at test point (derived): 238 L/min
“High” (as registered): 1,114.8
“Low” (as registered): 1,114.8
Annual energy (label): 1423.1 kWh
Star rating index: 1.12
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: APP0263
GEMS registration id: 152073
Status: approved
Available until: 16 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.