CyberPower UPS, ENERGY STAR certified
CyberPower CP1500AVRLCD3
1,500 VA / 900 W line interactive UPS.
Capacity
1,500 VA
900 W real power
Topology
Line Interactive
Efficiency
98.8%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
11 min
3 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 1,500 VA and 900 W, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 720 W if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 98.8% compares with a median of 98.7% across 153 certified units within 25% of its capacity. With nothing plugged in it still draws 3.3 W, about $3.76 a year at 13¢/kWh just to stand ready.
- Maker
- CyberPower
- Model
- CP1500AVRLCD3
- Apparent power rating
- 1,500 VA
- Real power rating
- 900 W
- Power factor
- 0.60
- Topology
- Line Interactive
- Intended use
- Consumer, Commercial
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 11 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 3 min
- Battery warranty
- 3 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 98.8%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 98.1% / 98.8% / 98.9% / 98.8%
- Input power at no load
- 3.3 W
- Outlets
- 8 (4 battery + surge, 4 surge only)
- Rack mountable
- No
- Rated input voltage
- 120 V
- Rated output voltage
- 120 V
- Connections
- Other,USB Port,Ethernet
- Size (H x W x D)
- 249 x 99 x 348 mm
- Maker take-back program
- No
- On the market since
- Apr 2021
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 28 Jun 2021
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 2405180, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the CP1500AVRLCD3
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC BX1500M | 1,500 VA / 900 W | Line Interactive | 98.9% | 11 min |
| Delta RT-1.5K | 1,500 VA / 1,350 W | Double Conversion | 91.2% | 12 min |
| APC Power Saving Back-UPS Pro 1500 | 1,500 VA / 865 W | Line Interactive | 98.9% | 13 min |
| Tripp Lite AG-0067 | 1,500 VA / 810 W | Line Interactive | 98.8% | 8 min |
| Liebert GXT5-1500LVRT2UXL | 1,500 VA / 1,350 W | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 90.5% | 13 min |
| Vertiv GXT5-1500LVRT2UXL | 1,500 VA / 1,350 W | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 90.5% | 13 min |
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| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVRG1000LCD | 1,000 VA / 530 W | Line Interactive | 98.6% | 10 min |
| BL1250U2 | 1,200 VA / 800 W | Line Interactive | 98.7% | 11 min |
| BL1450U | 1,200 VA / 800 W | Line Interactive | 98.7% | 11 min |
| BRG1000AVRLCD | 1,000 VA / 600 W | Line Interactive | 98.5% | 9 min |
| BRG1500AVRLCD | 1,500 VA / 900 W | Line Interactive | 98.6% | 12 min |
| BRG1500AVRLCD2 | 1,500 VA / 900 W | Line Interactive | 98.8% | 11 min |
| CP1000PFCLCD | 1,000 VA / 600 W | Line Interactive | 98.8% | 9 min |
| CP1000PFCLCDa | 1,000 VA / 600 W | Line Interactive | 99.3% | 8 min |