UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
Schneider Electric GVSUPS20K0B4GS
20 kVA / 20 kW multi-mode double conversion UPS.
Galaxy VS UPS 20KW 480V for up to 4 internal 9Ah smart modular battery strings, Start-up 5X8
Capacity
20 kVA
20 kW real power
Topology
Multi-Mode Double Conversion
Efficiency
96.1%
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 96.1% compares with a median of 95.5% across 45 certified units within 25% of its capacity. With nothing plugged in it still draws 161.9 W, about $184 a year at 13¢/kWh just to stand ready.
- Maker
- Schneider Electric
- Model
- GVSUPS20K0B4GS
- Description
- Galaxy VS UPS 20KW 480V for up to 4 internal 9Ah smart modular battery strings, Start-up 5X8
- 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
- 96.1%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 94.8% / 96.4% / 96.8% / 96.8%
- Input power at no load
- 161.9 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
- Feb 2020
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 26 Feb 2020
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 2355380, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the GVSUPS20K0B4GS
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| 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% | - |