Liebert UPS, ENERGY STAR certified
Liebert 51SA030QAA
30 kVA / 30 kW multi-mode double conversion UPS.
Capacity
30 kVA
30 kW real power
Topology
Multi-Mode Double Conversion
Efficiency
96.3%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
10 min
5 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 30 kVA and 30 kW, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 24 kW if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 96.3% compares with a median of 95.2% across 17 certified units within 25% of its capacity. With nothing plugged in it still draws 891.6 W, about $1,015 a year at 13¢/kWh just to stand ready.
- Maker
- Liebert
- Model
- 51SA030QAA
- Apparent power rating
- 30 kVA
- Real power rating
- 30 kW
- Power factor
- 1.00
- Topology
- Multi-Mode Double Conversion
- Intended use
- Consumer, Commercial, Data Center
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 10 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 5 min
- Battery warranty
- 3 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 96.3%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 95.5% / 96.6% / 96.6% / 96.7%
- Input power at no load
- 891.6 W
- Rack mountable
- No
- Modular
- Yes
- Rated input voltage
- 480 V
- Rated output voltage
- 480 V
- Connections
- Serial Port,Other,USB Port,Ethernet
- Size (H x W x D)
- 2000 x 608 x 994 mm
- Maker take-back program
- No
- On the market since
- May 2017
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 23 Jan 2019
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: Liebert eXM, 51SN030QAA.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 2335932, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the 51SA030QAA
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertiv Liebert EXS F3 series | 30 kVA / 30 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 94.8% | 45 min |
| Vertiv 51SA030QAA | 30 kVA / 30 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 96.3% | 10 min |
| Vertiv 51SA030QBA | 30 kVA / 30 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.2% | 10 min |
| Schneider Electric GVSUPS30K0B4GS | 30 kVA / 30 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.6% | - |
| Schneider Electric GVSUPS40K0B4GS | 30 kVA / 30 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.6% | - |
| Schneider Electric GVSUPS50K0B4GS | 30 kVA / 30 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.6% | - |
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