Name: Pureblue Onyx400
Brand: Pureblue
SKU: APP0374

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Nameplate power: 1,500 W; Single speed
Energy rating: 1
Annual electricity use: 1,505 kWh; Label: 1,505 kWh · 4.1 kWh per day
Estimated running cost: $482 / year; $4,817 over 10 years

Efficiency (WEF): 12.1 L/Wh · 289 L/min at the label test point

About the same electricity as 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 51% of them. At your rates that is about $2 a year less than the median, $18 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 1,5111,3571,572

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 51 comparable 1,500 w and above single speed pool pump registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

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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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Pureblue Onyx400 specifications

Pump type: Single speed
Nameplate input power: 1,500 W
Measured input power: 1,500 W
Current: 7.0 A
Weighted energy factor (WEF): 12.123 L/Wh
Daily run time to pump 50,000 L: 2.89 h
Effective flow at test point (derived): 289 L/min
“High” (as registered): 1,428.8
“Low” (as registered): 1,428.8
Annual energy (label): 1505.3 kWh
Star rating index: 1.17
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: APP0374
GEMS registration id: 171120
Status: approved
Available until: 4 August 2030
Registered for sale in: Australia, 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: pacificpool.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.