UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
Tripp Lite BC1500RT1ULNC
1,440 VA / 1,050 W passive standby UPS.
Capacity
1,440 VA
1,050 W real power
Topology
Passive Standby
Efficiency
98.3%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
8 min
1 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 1,440 VA and 1,050 W, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 840 W if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 98.3% compares with a median of 98.7% across 158 certified units within 25% of its capacity.
- Maker
- Tripp Lite
- Model
- BC1500RT1ULNC
- Apparent power rating
- 1,440 VA
- Real power rating
- 1,050 W
- Power factor
- 0.73
- Topology
- Passive Standby
- Intended use
- Consumer, Commercial, Data Center
- Battery
- Lithium-ion Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 8 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 1 min
- Battery warranty
- 1 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 98.3%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 98.1% / 98.5% / 98.4% / 98.3%
- Outlets
- 6 (6 battery + surge, 0 surge only)
- Rack mountable
- Yes, 1U
- Rated input voltage
- 120 V
- Rated output voltage
- 120 V
- Connections
- Ethernet,USB Port
- Size (H x W x D)
- 44 x 438 x 315 mm
- Maker take-back program
- Yes
- On the market since
- Feb 2025
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 5 Mar 2025
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 3999553, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the BC1500RT1ULNC
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertiv PSA5-1500MT120 | 1,440 VA / 900 W | Line Interactive | 98.5% | 11 min |
| APC SMX1500RM2UC | 1,440 VA / 1,350 W | Line Interactive | 98.9% | 14 min |
| APC SMX1500RM2UCNC | 1,440 VA / 1,350 W | Line Interactive | 98.9% | 14 min |
| APC SMX1500RM2UCUS | 1,440 VA / 1,350 W | Line Interactive | 98.9% | 14 min |
| APC SMX1500RM2UCNCUS | 1,440 VA / 1,350 W | Line Interactive | 98.9% | 14 min |
| APC SMT1500RM2UCUS | 1,440 VA / 1,000 W | Line Interactive | 98.9% | 25 min |
Tripp Lite
More Tripp Lite UPS battery backups
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG-0005 | 1,500 VA / 940 W | Line Interactive | 98.7% | 11 min |
| AG-0067 | 1,500 VA / 810 W | Line Interactive | 98.8% | 8 min |
| AG-0305 | 350 VA / 210 W | Passive Standby | 98.7% | 7 min |
| AG-0306 | 350 VA / 210 W | Passive Standby | 98.7% | 7 min |
| AG-0308 | 750 VA / 450 W | Line Interactive | 99.3% | 3 min |
| AG-0309 | 900 VA / 480 W | Line Interactive | 99.3% | 3 min |
| AG-030D | 500 VA / 260 W | Passive Standby | 97.6% | 7 min |
| AG-030E | 550 VA / 300 W | Passive Standby | 97.9% | 5 min |