UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
Tripp Lite SU1500LCD1U
1,440 VA / 1,440 W double conversion UPS.
Capacity
1,440 VA
1,440 W real power
Topology
Double Conversion
Efficiency
92.4%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
10 min
3 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 1,440 VA and 1,440 W, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 1,152 W if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 92.4% compares with a median of 98.7% across 158 certified units within 25% of its capacity. With nothing plugged in it still draws 32.2 W, about $37 a year at 13¢/kWh just to stand ready.
- Maker
- Tripp Lite
- Model
- SU1500LCD1U
- Apparent power rating
- 1,440 VA
- Real power rating
- 1,440 W
- Power factor
- 1.00
- Topology
- Double Conversion
- Intended use
- Consumer, Commercial, Data Center
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 10 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 3 min
- Battery warranty
- 3 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 92.4%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 88.3% / 91.1% / 90.9% / 90.7%
- Input power at no load
- 32.2 W
- Rack mountable
- Yes
- Rated input voltage
- 100-127 V
- Rated output voltage
- 100-127 V
- Connections
- Serial Port,Other,USB Port
- Size (H x W x D)
- 44 x 430 x 710 mm
- Maker take-back program
- Yes
- On the market since
- Jul 2021
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 25 Mar 2021
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 2375454, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the SU1500LCD1U
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 |