APC Smart-UPS 1500VA Tower — 1000W Line-Interactive for Server Rooms

The APC Smart-UPS 1500VA tower is a 1500VA / 1000W line-interactive UPS with Automatic Voltage Regulation. One thousand watts of protected output capacity covers a mid-range tower server with attached storage, a managed network switch and other networking equipment in a small South African server room or communications room. The AVR feature corrects voltage sags and swells passively without battery use, extending battery life for actual outage and loadshedding events.

Line-interactive AVR is appropriate for most South African small business server rooms. AVR handles continuous mains voltage variations outside loadshedding periods. Battery handles actual power interruptions. This two-layer approach provides comprehensive protection without the cost of online protection.

1000W Capacity for Server Room Loads

A typical South African small business server room — a tower server, managed switch and firewall — draws between 600W and 900W. The APC Smart-UPS 1500VA tower provides headroom above this load for stable battery runtime during loadshedding. Running a UPS near full rated capacity reduces runtime and increases battery stress.

Three-Year Warranty

The APC Smart-UPS 1500VA tower carries a three-year warranty, an upgrade over the SMC series’ two-year coverage. This extended warranty is appropriate for server room deployments where replacement downtime carries business impact. USB and serial management ports connect to APC PowerChute for automated server shutdown. It is available from Briggi Tech with nationwide delivery.

The APC Smart-UPS 1500VA tower is available from Briggi Tech with nationwide delivery. For South African server rooms that need 1000W line-interactive protection with a three-year warranty, it is the recommended SMT series UPS for this capacity tier.

Browse all UPS units at Briggi Tech or view full Smart-UPS SMT specs at APC by Schneider Electric.