UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
CyberPower CP825AVRLCDa
850 VA / 450 W line interactive UPS.
Capacity
850 VA
450 W real power
Topology
Line Interactive
Efficiency
98.9%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
14 min
1 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 850 VA and 450 W, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 360 W if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 98.9% compares with a median of 98.6% across 189 certified units within 25% of its capacity. With nothing plugged in it still draws 3.8 W, about $4.32 a year at 13¢/kWh just to stand ready.
- Maker
- CyberPower
- Model
- CP825AVRLCDa
- Apparent power rating
- 850 VA
- Real power rating
- 450 W
- Power factor
- 0.53
- Topology
- Line Interactive
- Intended use
- Consumer
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 14 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 1 min
- Battery warranty
- 3 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 98.9%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 97.4% / 98.6% / 99.0% / 99.2%
- Input power at no load
- 3.8 W
- Rack mountable
- Yes, 2U
- Rated input voltage
- 120 V
- Rated output voltage
- 120 V
- Connections
- USB Port,Ethernet
- Size (H x W x D)
- 169 x 88 x 28 mm
- Maker take-back program
- No
- On the market since
- Sep 2018
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 22 Aug 2018
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: CP685AVRa, CP685AVRLCDa, CP800AVRa.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 2324678, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the CP825AVRLCDa
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC BX850M | 850 VA / 510 W | Line Interactive | 98.8% | 9 min |
| Tripp Lite AG-0316 | 850 VA / 425 W | Passive Standby | 99.0% | 9 min |
| Vertiv PST5-850MT120 | 850 VA / 500 W | Passive Standby | 98.5% | 6 min |
| Minuteman ETR850LG | 850 VA / 510 W | Line Interactive | 98.5% | 10 min |
| Amazon Basics S175UC | 850 VA / 510 W | Line Interactive | 98.7% | 9 min |
| Tripp Lite AG-075E | 850 VA / 450 W | Passive Standby | 98.9% | 8 min |
CyberPower
More CyberPower UPS battery backups
| 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 |