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Single speed · 1,500 W
Poolrite SQJ 1100 Pool Pump
Poolrite SQJ 1100 is a 1,500 W single speed swimming pool pump registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration APP0261).
- Nameplate power
- 1,500 W
- Single speed
- Energy rating
- 1
- Annual electricity use
- 1,529 kWh
- Label: 1,529 kWh · 4.2 kWh per day
- Estimated running cost
- $489 / year
- $4,894 over 10 years
- Efficiency (WEF)
- 11.9 L/Wh · 255 L/min at the label test point
1% more 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 37% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year more than the median, $59 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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Same type and size group, at least 3% lower annual kWh on the label basis.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speck 3501,140 W1,140 kWh/yr | 1.5 | $365 | |
| Speck 90/3501,140 W1,140 kWh/yr | 1.5 | $365 | |
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| Pool And Spa Warehouse PRO 90/3501,250 W1,153 kWh/yr | 2 | $369 | |
| Baqiu BQ15001,500 W1,155 kWh/yr | 2 | $370 |
kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Speck 5001,500 W1,490 kWh/yr | 1 | $477 | |
| Pool And Spa Warehouse PRO 5001,500 W1,490 kWh/yr | 1 | $477 | |
| Speck 90/5001,500 W1,490 kWh/yr | 1 | $477 | |
| LX TDA2001,500 W1,537 kWh/yr | 1 | $492 | |
| Reltech GEN3-1501,435 W1,475 kWh/yr | 1 | $472 | |
| Aquatight S4501,435 W1,475 kWh/yr | 1 | $472 | |
| Pureswim PSS10021,435 W1,475 kWh/yr | 1 | $472 | |
| Reltech PR1501,435 W1,475 kWh/yr | 1 | $472 |
kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
Compare SQJ 1100 with another pool pump
Poolrite SQJ 1100 specifications
- Pump type
- Single speed
- Nameplate input power
- 1,500 W
- Measured input power
- 1,500 W
- Current
- –
- Weighted energy factor (WEF)
- 11.933 L/Wh
- Daily run time to pump 50,000 L
- 3.27 h
- Effective flow at test point (derived)
- 255 L/min
- “High” (as registered)
- 1,282.3
- “Low” (as registered)
- 1,282.3
- Annual energy (label)
- 1529.4 kWh
- Star rating index
- 1.10
- 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
- APP0261
- GEMS registration id
- 151796
- 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.