Eaton UPS, ENERGY STAR certified
Eaton S3M10K3B
10 kVA / 10 kW double conversion UPS.
Capacity
10 kVA
10 kW real power
Topology
Double Conversion
Efficiency
93.5%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
45 min
20 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 10 kVA and 10 kW, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 8,000 W if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 93.5% compares with a median of 95.1% across 62 certified units within 25% of its capacity.
- Maker
- Eaton
- Model
- S3M10K3B
- Apparent power rating
- 10 kVA
- Real power rating
- 10 kW
- Power factor
- 1.00
- Topology
- Double Conversion
- Intended use
- Consumer, Commercial, Data Center
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 45 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 20 min
- Battery warranty
- 1 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 93.5%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- - / 93.7% / 93.8% / 93.0%
- Rack mountable
- No
- Rated input voltage
- 208-220 V
- Rated output voltage
- 208-220 V
- Connections
- Serial Port,Other,Ethernet,USB Port
- Size (H x W x D)
- 868 x 250 x 900 mm
- Maker take-back program
- No
- On the market since
- Jun 2021
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 27 Jan 2026
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: S3M10K1B, S3M10K2B, S3M10K-NIB.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 4576730, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the S3M10K3B
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta RT-10K | 10 kVA / 10 kW | Double Conversion | 95.2% | 12 min |
| Liebert GXT5-10KIRT5UXLN | 10 kVA / 10 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.1% | 7 min |
| Vertiv GXT5-10KIRT5UXLN | 10 kVA / 10 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.1% | 7 min |
| Liebert GXE-10k00TLA102C00 | 10 kVA / 9,000 W | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.5% | 19 min |
| Vertiv GXE-10k00TLA102C00 | 10 kVA / 9,000 W | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.5% | 19 min |
| Liebert GXT5-10KMVRT6UXLN | 10 kVA / 10 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 93.9% | 9 min |
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