UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
Tripp Lite BC500RT1ULNC
500 VA / 400 W passive standby UPS.
Capacity
500 VA
400 W real power
Topology
Passive Standby
Efficiency
98.8%
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 500 VA and 400 W, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 320 W if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 98.8% compares with a median of 98.5% across 46 certified units within 25% of its capacity.
- Maker
- Tripp Lite
- Model
- BC500RT1ULNC
- Apparent power rating
- 500 VA
- Real power rating
- 400 W
- Power factor
- 0.80
- 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
- 98.8%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 98.2% / 98.9% / 99.0% / 99.1%
- 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 210 mm
- Maker take-back program
- Yes
- On the market since
- Feb 2025
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 4 Mar 2025
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 3999555, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the BC500RT1ULNC
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC Back-UPS 500 (beige) | 500 VA / 300 W | Passive Standby | 98.6% | 15 min |
| APC Back-UPS 500 (black) | 500 VA / 300 W | Passive Standby | 98.6% | 15 min |
| Vertiv PSA5-500MT120 | 500 VA / 300 W | Line Interactive | 98.4% | 8 min |
| Vertiv PST5-500MT120 | 500 VA / 300 W | Passive Standby | 98.1% | 9 min |
| APC Smart-UPS SC 500VA 120V -1U Rackmount | 500 VA / 300 W | Line Interactive | 98.6% | 20 min |
| APC SC500RM1UQ | 500 VA / 300 W | Line Interactive | 98.6% | 20 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 |