UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
Minuteman ED6KRT
6,000 VA / 5,400 W double conversion UPS.
Capacity
6,000 VA
5,400 W real power
Topology
Double Conversion
Efficiency
93.9%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
7 min
2 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 6,000 VA and 5,400 W, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 4,320 W if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 93.9% compares with a median of 94.6% across 98 certified units within 25% of its capacity.
- Maker
- Minuteman
- Model
- ED6KRT
- Apparent power rating
- 6,000 VA
- Real power rating
- 5,400 W
- Power factor
- 0.90
- Topology
- Double Conversion
- Intended use
- Consumer, Commercial, Data Center
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 7 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 2 min
- Battery warranty
- 3 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 93.9%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 91.7% / 93.9% / 94.0% / 93.8%
- Outlets
- 5 (5 battery + surge, 0 surge only)
- Rack mountable
- Yes, 4U
- Rated input voltage
- 208-240 V
- Rated output voltage
- 208-240 V
- Connections
- Serial Port,USB Port
- Size (H x W x D)
- 173 x 438 x 591 mm
- Maker take-back program
- No
- On the market since
- Mar 2024
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 29 Feb 2024
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 3417797, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the ED6KRT
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liebert GXT5-6000IRT5UXLN | 6,000 VA / 6,000 W | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 94.9% | 14 min |
| Vertiv GXT5-6000IRT5UXLN | 6,000 VA / 6,000 W | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 94.9% | 14 min |
| Liebert GXE-06k00TL1102C00 | 6,000 VA / 5,400 W | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.4% | 14 min |
| Vertiv GXE-06k00TL1102C00 | 6,000 VA / 5,400 W | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.4% | 14 min |
| Eaton 9PX6Ki | 6,000 VA / 5,400 W | Double Conversion | 93.7% | 8 min |
| Eaton 9PX6K | 6,000 VA / 5,400 W | Double Conversion | 93.7% | 8 min |
Minuteman
More Minuteman UPS battery backups
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC1000RTXL2U | 1,000 VA / 900 W | Double Conversion | 90.9% | 10 min |
| EC1500RTXL2U | 1,500 VA / 1,350 W | Double Conversion | 91.1% | 10 min |
| EC2000RTXL2U | 2,000 VA / 1,800 W | Double Conversion | 91.7% | 10 min |
| EC3000RTXL2U | 3,000 VA / 2,700 W | Double Conversion | 91.9% | 10 min |
| ED10KRT | 10 kVA / 9,000 W | Double Conversion | 93.9% | 7 min |
| ED5KRT | 5,000 VA / 4,500 W | Double Conversion | 93.8% | 11 min |
| ED8KRT | 8,000 VA / 7,200 W | Double Conversion | 94.1% | 11 min |
| EN450G | 450 VA / 250 W | Passive Standby | 97.9% | 10 min |