Greetings,

My pool circulation pump has a 3/4 HP motor. My electric utility (PG&E)
recently replaced my mechanical meter with a digital one and I can
see now that running the motor uses up 1.2 kW. Is this normal?
3/4 HP is about 560 Watt. Even with a 0.8 power factor and another
10% of losses I should still be under 1 kW. Or perhaps the 3/4 HP
rating doesn't really mean 3/4 HP?

Thanks!
Luigi