UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
Vertiv PUL-400LVT
400 VA / 240 W passive standby UPS.
Capacity
400 VA
240 W real power
Topology
Passive Standby
Efficiency
97.8%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
25 min
45 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 400 VA and 240 W, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 192 W if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 97.8% compares with a median of 98.2% across 38 certified units within 25% of its capacity. With nothing plugged in it still draws 4.2 W, about $4.78 a year at 13¢/kWh just to stand ready.
- Maker
- Vertiv
- Model
- PUL-400LVT
- Apparent power rating
- 400 VA
- Real power rating
- 240 W
- Power factor
- 0.60
- Topology
- Passive Standby
- Intended use
- Consumer, Commercial
- Battery
- Lithium-ion Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 25 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 45 min
- Battery warranty
- 5 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 97.8%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 95.6% / 97.7% / 98.3% / 98.7%
- Input power at no load
- 4.2 W
- Rack mountable
- No
- Rated input voltage
- 88-142 V
- Rated output voltage
- 88-142 V
- Connections
- None
- Size (H x W x D)
- 210 x 120 x 138 mm
- Maker take-back program
- No
- On the market since
- Dec 2023
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 23 Nov 2022
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: VPUL-400LVTR.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 2404924, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the PUL-400LVT
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Basics ABST400 | 400 VA / 255 W | Line Interactive | 98.3% | 7 min |
| APC Back-UPS 400VA 120V Slim Flexible Mounting | 400 VA / 220 W | Passive Standby | 98.5% | 20 min |
| CyberPower ST425 | 425 VA / 260 W | Passive Standby | 97.8% | 6 min |
| CyberPower CP425G3 | 425 VA / 255 W | Passive Standby | 97.9% | 8 min |
| CyberPower SE450G1 | 450 VA / 260 W | Passive Standby | 97.8% | 6 min |
| CyberPower CP350COM | 350 VA / 255 W | Passive Standby | 97.9% | 8 min |
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