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SunRay 1HP Hybrid AC/DC Solar Pool Pump Kit

Solar pool pumps · United States

Made in America: the SunRay Hybrid AC/DC pool pump

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The SunRay Hybrid AC/DC kits

Each one is a complete kit with solar panels sized for its pump.

An easy do-it-yourself install, and we're here to help you every step of the way.

Watch our customers tell their story

19 customer videos from SunRay's review list. Tap one to play it here.

What customers wrote

Real installs, panels in view

Frames from customers' own videos, so you can see where the panels and the pump go.

  • Lodi, California: the solar panels on a low frame right over the pump and filter.
    Lodi, California: the solar panels on a low frame right over the pump and filter.
  • Englewood, Florida: the panels up on a wooden frame beside the house.
    Englewood, Florida: the panels up on a wooden frame beside the house.
Backyard pools under solar roofs, seen from above

Hybrid AC/DC solar pool pump kits, coast to coast and the islands

Kits sized for backyard pools big and small, a quote from your own address with your earliest payback, Sunny to help in English or Spanish, and a real person always within reach.

A pool has to run every day, like running an air conditioner every single day. The SunRay Hybrid AC/DC eliminates the utility cost to run and filter your pool. That's common sense.

Made in America: the SunRay Hybrid AC/DC pool pump With Pentair® WhisperFlo and IntelliFlo wetends and the hybrid AC/DC motor.

Runs 100% on the sun. You don't need AC at all. Home AC power is optional and capable.

Buy on Square

Check out on Square: a complete kit, the pump only, or the Pentair IntelliFlo3.

Complete kits

Each with solar panels sized for its pump.

Your quote, from your address

See your property from above, get the kit that fits and your earliest payback against the kit price.

What the pump is for

Or send us your pool's details

Tell us about your pool and we'll recommend the SunRay kit that fits it.

Your rate, your load: what your pool really costs

It is about your load and your kilowatt rate. Drag the slider to the rate on your bill and see what taking the pool off the meter saves.

Drawing that changes every five seconds: by day the sun runs the pool pump, $0 from the house: the meter's line is unplugged with a $0 tag, and a savings jar fills with coins. The panels go on the roof, over the pool equipment or on a post, for an in-ground or an above-ground pool, feeding the SunRay Hybrid AC/DC pump. At night it can run on house power; that part costs a little.
17.2¢

4.0¢123.7¢

It starts at 17.2¢, the average home rate in the United States (EIA). Drag it to the rate on your bill.

Your whole bill, everything running

Now
$260
With SunRay
$149

Your pool is 43% of your $260 bill.

SunRay saves you, up to

1 year
$1,336

Pays for itself in about 35 months (2.9 years), at the earliest, against the 1.5 HP kit at $3,999 (the catalog price; no tax credit counted).

Buy the 1.5 HP kit on Square

An easy do-it-yourself install, and we're here to help you every step of the way.

Further adjustmentsMake it yours: your plan, your home, your pump, your pool.
What runs in your home
Your pool pump now, 8 hours a day
Your pool, for the kit that fits
Further savings evaluationSee the month on your bill, then 5, 10 and 20 years.

With the pool your home uses about 1,510 kWh in an average month, about 860 without it, every kWh at 17.2¢.

A month on your bill, before and after (the year's average)
NowWith SunRay
Rate per kWh17.2¢17.2¢
The pool$111$0
The rest of the home$149$149
Energy on the bill$260$149

SunRay saves you, up to

5 years
$7,352
10 years
$16,645
20 years
$43,246

On a flat plan every kWh costs the same, so the pool's dollars hold steady as you add load; your whole bill and the pool's share move.

After year 1 each year counts the US's rate rise, about 4.8% a year (EIA, the last six years). Future rates can differ.

Your whole bill, everything running

Now
$260
With SunRay
$149

A month in energy, the year's average: about 1,510 kWh now, about 860 with SunRay.

Your pool is 43% of your $260 bill.

  • You will not give up the air conditioning or the car.
  • But the pool pump can run on the sun all day.
  • With the SunRay Hybrid AC/DC that load comes off the meter, and it still runs on AC anytime.
Learn morePublished rates, and how we count it all, with sources.
  • Your bill is your load times your rate. The pool pump is one of the biggest loads in a home: about 650 kWh a month, every day of the year.
  • SunRay can save you up to 100% on your swimming pool utility costs for pumping and circulating the water every day.
  • On a flat plan every kWh costs the same, so taking the pool off the meter saves the pool's own cost.

How we count: your pump's watts x 8 hours x 365 days, at the rate on the slider. Published rates: SRP E-28, midday, 2026-11-04; U.S. average home rate, Aug 2026, 2026-11-04; Eversource MA R-1, Cape Cod, 2026-11-04; CMP A-TOU, weekday peak, 2026-11-04; SDG&E EV-TOU-5, summer peak, 2026-11-04; Con Ed Rate III, NYC summer peak, 2026-11-04. Energy only: fixed charges, taxes and fees are not counted. About and up to: your own bill can differ.

$260 now, $149 with SunRay. Saves up to $1,336 a year.

At 17.2¢ per kWh you save up to $1,336 a year. Your whole bill goes from $260 to $149 a month; your pool is 43% of it.

How it works

  1. Tell us about your pool

    Type your address in the quote, or tell Sunny how big your pool is.

  2. Get the kit that fits

    Each kit is complete, with solar panels sized for its pump.

  3. Buy with Square

    Put it in your bag and pay on Square's own checkout page.

The sun and the rate where you live

4.1 peak sun hours a day in the United States
Source: NREL NSRDB (2019 solar data): the median across 39,016 U.S. ZIP codes in the NREL/OpenEI ZIP table the SunRay savings estimate reads (2026-10-03)
17.23¢ per kWh, the average home electricity price in the United States
Source: EIA Electric Power Annual, Table 2.10, average residential price, U.S. total, 2025 (2025)

Your quote turns your own address, sun and rate into your earliest payback against the kit price. Savings: up to 100% of the utility cost to circulate and filter your pool, and up to 30% of the utility bill for your whole home.

SunRay in the United States

  1. Blue Pacific water and sandstone ledges along the La Jolla coast in San Diego, with homes and palms on the bluffs under a sunny sky

    Sun from coast to coast

    From Atlantic beaches to the Pacific shore, and from the Gulf Coast to the desert Southwest, the sun shows up for work across the country. A pump that runs on it fits pool life almost anywhere, and the SunRay quote reads the sun at your own address before it picks your kit.

    Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

  2. Backyard pools, community pools

    Pools bring people together: the backyard pool where kids learn to swim, the neighborhood pool where the whole street cools off, and the community pool that opens every summer. Tell Sunny about the pool you have, and she helps you find the kit that fits it.

  3. Many cultures, many languages

    Across the country, families from every corner of the world share the same streets and the same summers, in English, Spanish and many other languages. Sunny answers in English or Spanish, in whichever you write, and she always tells you plainly that she is an AI.

  4. Storm coasts and desert summers

    Some pools ride out hurricane season on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts; others bake through long desert summers in Arizona and Nevada. Wherever yours is, plan the panel mount with a licensed local installer, the same way you get your home ready for the weather.

  5. Islands that are home to millions

    Puerto Rico and Hawaii are home to millions of people, with island sun that hardly takes a season off and pools cooled by the trade winds. SunRay serves both, and Sunny is as glad to talk pools in Spanish as in English.

Across the United States

  • Florida

    The Sunshine State swims all year, from canal-front pools in Miami and Fort Lauderdale to screened lanai pools around Tampa, Orlando and Sarasota.

    • Screened lanai pools and canal-front homes
    • A median of 5.0 peak sun hours a day across 1,408 Florida ZIP codes
    • Average home electricity price in 2025: 15.21 cents per kWh
  • A striped beach umbrella on the wide white sand of Padre Island National Seashore in Texas, under a bright sky with tall white clouds
    Photo: National Park Service / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

    Texas

    Texas pools work hard through long, hot summers, from Houston and the Gulf Coast to Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and the Rio Grande Valley.

    • Padre Island National Seashore on the Gulf Coast
    • A median of 4.8 peak sun hours a day across 1,950 Texas ZIP codes
    • Average home electricity price in 2025: 15.40 cents per kWh

  • California

    From San Diego to the Central Valley and Palm Springs, California pools get long, dry, sunny seasons, and home electricity costs more here than in any state but Hawaii.

    • La Jolla and the Pacific coast of San Diego
    • A median of 5.2 peak sun hours a day across 2,565 California ZIP codes
    • Average home electricity price in 2025: 31.35 cents per kWh
  • Aerial view of the London Bridge over a green channel of Lake Havasu in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, with boats, palms and desert town streets
    Photo: S. Winkvist / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

    Arizona

    In Phoenix, Tucson and the lake towns along the Colorado River, summer means the pool, and the desert sun shines strong most of the year.

    • Lake Havasu City and its London Bridge
    • A median of 5.7 peak sun hours a day across 512 Arizona ZIP codes
    • Average home electricity price in 2025: 15.26 cents per kWh
  • Aerial view of the deep blue water of Lake Mead winding between desert mountains near Las Vegas, Nevada
    Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

    Nevada

    Las Vegas and Henderson backyards sit in the Mojave Desert, where the pool is part of everyday life through long, bright summers.

    • Lake Mead, a short drive from Las Vegas
    • A median of 5.5 peak sun hours a day across 246 Nevada ZIP codes
    • Average home electricity price in 2025: 13.26 cents per kWh

  • Georgia

    From the Atlanta suburbs to Savannah and the Golden Isles, Georgia pools enjoy long, warm seasons, and summer storms often pass before the sun comes back.

    • Savannah and the Golden Isles on the Atlantic
    • A median of 4.7 peak sun hours a day across 935 Georgia ZIP codes
    • Average home electricity price in 2025: 14.74 cents per kWh
  • Waikiki Beach curving toward Diamond Head in Honolulu in warm evening light, with hotels, palms and calm turquoise water
    Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

    Hawaii

    Island pools in Hawaii pair trade winds with strong sun all year, and home electricity costs more here than in any other state.

    • Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head on Oahu
    • A median of 5.5 peak sun hours a day across 136 Hawaii ZIP codes
    • Average home electricity price in 2025: 40.40 cents per kWh
  • Turquoise water and swim buoys off Playa Boquerón in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, with a long line of coconut palms on the shore
    Photo: Jerjes Medina Albino / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

    Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico, la Isla del Encanto, lives by the sea under strong island sun all year, from San Juan to Cabo Rojo. Sunny talks pools in Spanish or English, and a real person is a call away.

    • Playa Boquerón in Cabo Rojo
    • Old San Juan and El Morro on the Atlantic
    • The surf beaches of Rincón on the west coast

Get your personalized solar quote

Send your pool's details and we'll size the kit for it.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Answers for people and their AI agents.

The same answers Sunny gives, in plain words. Your AI agent can read them too.

What is a solar pool pump?

A solar pool pump is a pool pump that runs on DC power from its own solar panels, so it circulates and filters your water while the sun is up. Every SunRay pump is a hybrid AC/DC pump, made for pool owners who want the sun to do the daily work.

Can solar panels run a pool pump?

Runs 100% on the sun. You don't need AC at all. Home AC power is optional and capable.

What comes in a solar pool pump kit?

A complete SunRay kit pairs the hybrid AC/DC pump with solar panels sized for that pump. If you already have panels, you can buy the pump only.

How much does a solar pool pump cost?

SunRay complete kits run from $1,999 for the 1/2 HP to $6,499 for the Pentair 3 HP, each with solar panels sized for its pump. Already have panels? The pump alone starts at $999.

What is a hybrid AC/DC pool pump?

It is a pump that runs on DC power from its solar panels and can also run on home AC power. With AC connected, the pump can draw on it automatically when needed.

What size solar pool pump do I need?

Match the pump to your pool's gallons: 1/2 HP for above-ground pools of about 1,000 to 5,000 gallons; 1 HP for above-ground pools up to about 10,000 gallons and in-ground pools of about 5,000 to 15,000 gallons, depending on the filter and the pool. 1.5 HP for pools of about 10,000 to 30,000 gallons, and SunRay's first pick for any pool. 2 HP for pools up to about 35,000 gallons, and 3 HP for pools above 35,000 gallons.

Can a solar pump run an in-ground pool?

Yes, in-ground pools of about 5,000 to 15,000 gallons can take the 1 HP kit, depending on the filter and the pool. Bigger in-ground pools move up to the 1.5, 2 or 3 HP kit.

How does a solar pool pump work?

Sunlight hits the solar panels, they make DC power, and the pump turns that power straight into water flow through your filter. When you connect home AC power, the hybrid pump can also bring it in automatically when needed, such as for a spa after dark.

What is the best solar pool pump?

The best pump is the one sized for your pool and your sun. SunRay makes hybrid AC/DC pumps from 1/2 HP to 3 HP, so you run on sunlight and still have home power when you want it.

How do I install a solar pool pump?

Start with a sunny spot for the panels, your pool plumbing and the instructions for your SunRay kit. A qualified local installer can check the mount, the wiring and any permit your town asks for.

How many solar panels does it take to run a pool pump?

It depends on the pump, so each SunRay kit is complete, with solar panels sized for its pump. Choose the kit by your pool's size, and the panels come matched to it.

Is there a solar pool pump for above-ground pools?

Yes, the 1/2 HP kit is made for above-ground pools of about 1,000 to 5,000 gallons, and the 1 HP kit takes larger above-ground pools over 5,000 gallons. Both come complete, with panels matched to the pump.

Do solar pool pumps work on cloudy days?

They do: under clouds the pump follows the light, running slower and speeding back up as the sun returns. For a long gray spell, optional home AC power can take over automatically when needed.

Are solar pool pumps worth it?

Yes, for most pools that get good sun: the pump does its daily work on sunlight instead of on your power bill. SunRay runs it on the sun, so you can save up to 100% of the utility cost to circulate and filter your pool, and up to 30% of the utility bill for your whole home. Your quote shows the earliest payback against the kit price.

Does a solar pool pump work with my pool filter?

It does: a SunRay pump moves your water through the same circulation and filter system. Tell Sunny your filter model so the kit matches the flow you need.

Where can I buy a solar pool pump in the United States?

Right here: we sell SunRay solar pool pump kits to pool owners across the United States, and each order ships to your door. Sunny can help you pick the kit and check out in English or Spanish.

Does a solar pool pump need batteries?

No battery is needed: a SunRay pump runs directly from its solar panels during the day. For evening hours, optional home AC power does the job instead of a battery bank.

How long is each kit covered?

Every SunRay kit carries a 2-year warranty.

Where do you ship, and what does shipping cost?

Free shipping on every SunRay pump and kit within the continental US. Free shipping to every Hawaiian island. Puerto Rico ships free by U.S. Postal Service.

Can I return a kit?

30-day returns on unopened kits: the buyer pays the return freight, and shipping damage is reported within 48 hours of delivery.

Can a solar pool pump run at night?

Yes. SunRay uses the sun for daytime circulation. Home AC power is optional and capable; connect it if you want the pump to run after dark. The hybrid system can bring in AC automatically when needed.

FOR AI AGENTS

Shopping for someone? Your agent is welcome.

An AI agent can shop SunRay for a person: read the catalog, the facts and these answers, and hand off to a real person.

What an agent can do here

  • Read every kit, pump and extra with its price, its pool size and its solar panels
  • Read the signed facts: the 2-year warranty, shipping and returns
  • Hand the shopper to a real person at SunRay

Read us

No MCP server yet: an agent reads the page, llms.txt and the agent card. Payment is always on the secure checkout page, typed by the shopper.

Bring your own agent

Using ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or another AI? Copy what it needs to know about SunRay and paste it in.

Shipping and returns

Free shipping to the lower 48 states and D.C.: handling 3–5 days and transit 1–7 days. Hawaii and Puerto Rico also ship free; ask for delivery timing. Other destinations need a freight quote.

30-day returns on unopened kits: the buyer pays the return freight, and shipping damage is reported within 48 hours of delivery.