UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
Schneider Electric Galaxy VS 50kW 480V w/o Batteries, Start-up 5x8
20 kVA / 20 kW multi-mode double conversion UPS, model number GVSUPS50KGS.
Capacity
20 kVA
20 kW real power
Topology
Multi-Mode Double Conversion
Efficiency
95.9%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
-
not reported by the maker
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 20 kVA and 20 kW, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 16 kW if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 95.9% compares with a median of 95.5% across 45 certified units within 25% of its capacity. With nothing plugged in it still draws 246.3 W, about $280 a year at 13¢/kWh just to stand ready.
- Maker
- Schneider Electric
- Model
- Galaxy VS 50kW 480V w/o Batteries, Start-up 5x8
- Model number
- GVSUPS50KGS
- Apparent power rating
- 20 kVA
- Real power rating
- 20 kW
- Power factor
- 1.00
- Topology
- Multi-Mode Double Conversion
- Intended use
- Data Center
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Weighted efficiency
- 95.9%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 93.3% / 95.5% / 96.4% / 96.8%
- Input power at no load
- 246.3 W
- Rack mountable
- No
- Rated input voltage
- 480 V
- Rated output voltage
- 480 V
- Connections
- Serial Port,Ethernet
- Size (H x W x D)
- 1485 x 521 x 847 mm
- Maker take-back program
- Yes
- On the market since
- Mar 2019
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 27 Jul 2018
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: GVSUPS50KG.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 2325817, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
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| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertiv GXT5-20KIRT9UXLN | 20 kVA / 20 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.6% | 7 min |
| Liebert GXE-20k00TL3302C00 | 20 kVA / 18 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 96.0% | 19 min |
| Vertiv GXE-20k00TL3302C00 | 20 kVA / 18 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 96.0% | 19 min |
| Liebert ITA-20k00AL3A02C00 | 20 kVA / 20 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.9% | 15 min |
| Vertiv ITA-20k00AL3A02C00 | 20 kVA / 20 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.9% | 15 min |
| Liebert EXS 0020kTH1AFN01000 | 20 kVA / 20 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.9% | 21 min |
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| Galaxy VM 180 kVA UPS Single 480-480 V, 65kAIC | 180 kVA / 162 kW | Double Conversion | 96.9% | - |
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| Galaxy VM 225 kVA UPS Single 480-480 V, 65kAIC, | 225 kVA / 202.5 kW | Double Conversion | 97.0% | - |
| Galaxy VS 100kW 480V w/o Batteries, Start-up 5x8 | 20 kVA / 20 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.9% | - |