UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
Schneider Electric GVSUPS120KGS
120 kVA / 120 kW multi-mode double conversion UPS.
Galaxy VS 120kW 480V without Batteries, Start-up 5x8
Capacity
120 kVA
120 kW real power
Topology
Multi-Mode Double Conversion
Efficiency
97.0%
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 120 kVA and 120 kW, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 96 kW if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 97.0% compares with a median of 96.0% across 6 certified units within 25% of its capacity. With nothing plugged in it still draws 554.8 W, about $632 a year at 13¢/kWh just to stand ready.
- Maker
- Schneider Electric
- Model
- GVSUPS120KGS
- Description
- Galaxy VS 120kW 480V without Batteries, Start-up 5x8
- Apparent power rating
- 120 kVA
- Real power rating
- 120 kW
- Power factor
- 1.00
- Topology
- Multi-Mode Double Conversion
- Intended use
- Data Center
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Weighted efficiency
- 97.0%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 96.3% / 97.1% / 97.3% / 97.2%
- Input power at no load
- 554.8 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 2021
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 24 Feb 2021
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: Galaxy VS 120kW 480V without Batteries, GVSUPS120KG.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 2375506, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the GVSUPS120KGS
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liebert 47SA120A[0|1|2|3][C|Y][0|F|H|M|G|L][0|1] | 120 kVA / 120 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.6% | 10 min |
| Vertiv 47SA120A[0|1|2|3][C|Y][0|F|H|M|G|L][0|1] | 120 kVA / 120 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.6% | 10 min |
| Liebert eXM 0120kTK16FN01000 | 120 kVA / 120 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 96.0% | 10 min |
| Vertiv eXM 0120kTK16FN01000 | 120 kVA / 120 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 96.0% | 10 min |
| Eaton S3M100K | 100 kVA / 100 kW | Double Conversion | 96.1% | - |
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| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galaxy VL UPS 500 kW 400/480V Start-up 5x8 | 200 kVA / 200 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 96.9% | - |
| Galaxy VM 160 kVA UPS Parallel 480-480 V, 65kAIC | 160 kVA / 144 kW | Double Conversion | 96.8% | - |
| Galaxy VM 160 kVA UPS Single 480-480 V, 65kAIC, | 160 kVA / 144 kW | Double Conversion | 96.8% | - |
| Galaxy VM 180 kVA UPS Parallel 480-480 V, 65kAIC | 180 kVA / 162 kW | Double Conversion | 96.9% | - |
| Galaxy VM 180 kVA UPS Single 480-480 V, 65kAIC | 180 kVA / 162 kW | Double Conversion | 96.9% | - |
| Galaxy VM 225 kVA UPS Parallel 480-480 V, 65kAIC | 225 kVA / 202.5 kW | Double Conversion | 97.0% | - |
| 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% | - |