UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
Vertiv GXT5-15KMVRT11UXLN
15 kVA / 15 kW multi-mode double conversion UPS.
Capacity
15 kVA
15 kW real power
Topology
Multi-Mode Double Conversion
Efficiency
94.4%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
9 min
3 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 15 kVA and 15 kW, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 12 kW if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 94.4% compares with a median of 95.0% across 13 certified units within 25% of its capacity. With nothing plugged in it still draws 132.4 W, about $151 a year at 13¢/kWh just to stand ready.
- Maker
- Vertiv
- Model
- GXT5-15KMVRT11UXLN
- Apparent power rating
- 15 kVA
- Real power rating
- 15 kW
- Power factor
- 1.00
- Topology
- Multi-Mode Double Conversion
- Intended use
- Consumer, Commercial, Data Center
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 9 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 3 min
- Battery warranty
- 2 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 94.4%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 93.8% / 94.6% / 94.4% / 93.9%
- Input power at no load
- 132.4 W
- Rack mountable
- Yes
- Rated input voltage
- 100-125 V
- Rated output voltage
- 100-125 V
- Connections
- USB Port,Ethernet
- Size (H x W x D)
- 482 x 430 x 680 mm
- Maker take-back program
- No
- On the market since
- Jan 2020
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 29 Jan 2020
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 2354252, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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Machines comparable to the GXT5-15KMVRT11UXLN
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta RT-15K3P | 15 kVA / 15 kW | Double Conversion | 95.6% | 15 min |
| Liebert GXT5-15KMVRT11UXLN | 15 kVA / 15 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 94.4% | 9 min |
| Delta DPH-60K-LV | 15 kVA / 15 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.5% | 12 min |
| Delta DPH-105K-LV | 15 kVA / 15 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.6% | - |
| TRIPPLITE S3M15K2B | 15 kVA / 15 kW | Multi-Mode Line Interactive | 94.3% | 25 min |
| Liebert EXS F5 15k series | 15 kVA / 15 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 95.0% | 9 min |
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| 51SA050BAA | 50 kVA / 50 kW | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 96.4% | 10 min |