Name: Waterco Alphaflo 1.5HP
Brand: Waterco
SKU: APP0277

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Nameplate power: 1,614 W; Single speed
Energy rating: 1
Annual electricity use: 1,530 kWh; Label: 1,530 kWh · 4.2 kWh per day
Estimated running cost: $490 / year; $4,896 over 10 years

Efficiency (WEF): 11.9 L/Wh · 280 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 31% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year more than the median, $61 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 (above 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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Waterco Alphaflo 1.5HP specifications

Pump type: Single speed
Nameplate input power: 1,614 W
Measured input power: 1,614 W
Current: 6.9 A
Weighted energy factor (WEF): 11.927 L/Wh
Daily run time to pump 50,000 L: 2.98 h
Effective flow at test point (derived): 280 L/min
“High” (as registered): 1,406.0
“Low” (as registered): 1,406.0
Annual energy (label): 1530.1 kWh
Star rating index: 1.22
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 APP0277

Australian GEMS registration details

Registration number: APP0277
GEMS registration id: 154724
Status: approved
Available until: 6 July 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. How the derived figures are calculated.