02/04/2026
Your pool pump is costing you more than you think.
Most people have no idea how much electricity a pool pump actually uses. Running most days, it is quietly one of the biggest power consumers in your entire home. Not your air con. Not your hot water. Your pool pump.
For the average Cairns household that adds up to anywhere between $700 and $900 a year, just to keep the water circulating.
Now here is where it gets interesting. Your pool pump runs during the day. The sun shines during the day. Solar panels produce power during the day. It is honestly one of the most natural matches in home energy and most pool owners do not even realise it.
When you have a properly sized solar system installed, you can schedule your pool pump to run smack in the middle of your solar window, between 9am and 3pm, and your panels can cover the load entirely. Instead of pulling from the grid and paying for every single kilowatt hour, you are using power your roof is already generating.
For a lot of our Cairns customers, the pool pump saving alone makes a significant dent in the payback period of their system. And that is before you factor in the washing machine, the dishwasher, the hot water system and everything else running through the day.
If you have a pool and you are sitting on the fence about solar, this is the post to bookmark.
Give us a call or send us a message and we will show you exactly what a system could do for your bill.
Savings will vary depending on pool pump size, hours of operation, solar system size and sunlight availability. Figures referenced are estimates based on average usage in the Cairns region.
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