Traditional lead-acid batteries can cause multiple pain points for customers and their businesses. Take a look at a few of the most common challenges customers face with lead-acid batteries:
- The weight and size of lead-acid batteries make UPS units difficult to install without two or more people and the right equipment.
- Lead-acid batteries have an approximate lifespan of three to five years, meaning you will have to replace them often and risk UPS failures and extended downtime.
- For businesses with multiple distributed locations with IT systems, maintaining an inventory of short-life acid batteries is costly and time-consuming.
Save up to 50% on total cost of ownership with Lithium-ion solutions
APC Lithium-ion technology enables IT professionals to operate effectively and lower the total cost of ownership by minimising UPS maintenance and offering remote UPS management across distributed environments.
Why should you consider Lithium-ion?
Perfect for more installations
When your UPS gives you more power and takes up less space, you have more space for IT equipment.
Fits in more applications than ever before
Due to its small size, Lithium-ion UPS easily supports back officee, network infrastructure, and IDF/MDF closets. Install the UPS in out-of-the-way mounting options in small edge environments, retail, or back offices.
With more power, Lithium-ion options support larger branch offices, financial institutions, grocery stores, and light industrial manufacturing Healthcare installations such as hospitals, labs, and remote clinics.
Deliver both power and extended runtime
Lithium-ion options supply up to 10,000 watts of power protection. With extended runtime options, you can get the extended runtime you need for critical applications.
Predictable operational budget
Perfect for limited operational budgets such as Education and Government, UPS with Lithium-ion batteries can remove battery replacement costs up to 3 times! Lithium-ion batteries last 8-10 years, 3x that of lead-acid (VRLA) batteries, which means that under normal operating conditions, the battery will last the life of the UPS.
Perfect for distributed IT
If you have more than one IT site to manage, EcoStruxure Ready remote monitoring and management options make owning a UPS easy, whether one UPS or a fleet of UPS. Remote management allows many tasks to be taken care of without stepping foot in your IT installation. Predictive monitoring and maintenance minimised trips to far-away IT sites.
Understanding the Total Sustainability Impact of Lithium-ion UPS Batteries
As the demand for Lithium-ion batteries in UPS applications rises, concerns about their circularity, carbon impact, and recyclability have surfaced. Despite some areas where Lithium-ion has a higher impact than VRLA batteries, overall, it has a lower environmental impact over its life cycle. Here are the key points:
- Raw material extraction: Lithium-ion’s smaller mass and reduced toxicity result in a lower environmental impact during material sourcing compared to VRLA batteries.
- Manufacturing process: Lithium-ion’s environmental impact during manufacturing and replacement cycles is lower than VRLA, even with added equipment overhead.
- Distribution & transportation: Despite increased lithium-ion’s lighter weight reduces environmental impact during distribution and transportation.
- Installation & handling: Lithium-ion’s lighter weight and reduced need for replacements lead to decreased environmental impact during installation and handling compared to VRLA.
- Energy consumption and carbon emissions: Lithium-ion batteries require roughly half the energy for charging, resulting in reduced CO2e emissions during their operational lifetime.
- Life span: The longer lifespan of lithium-ion improves operational efficiency and overall sustainability impact, outperforming VRLA with fewer replacements.
- 2nd life applications: Lithium-ion batteries can be repurposed for a 2nd life, providing extended value beyond their initial purpose when supported by committed UPS vendors.
- Recycling: While the current recycling infrastructure is not fully developed, the longevity of lithium-ion batteries suggests a mature recycling system will likely exist by the time they reach the end of life.
Save on total cost of ownership up to 58%
With twice the battery life you reduce maintenance costs save more money over the life of your UPS. See how with APC’s calculator.
Which APC UPS Lithium-ion is right for you?
Smart-UPS Lithium-ion short-depth fits in both traditional racks and wall mount racks. Perfect for tight spaces and server closets.
Smart-UPS Lithium-ion Online offers extended runtime options supporting up to 10 external battery packs.
For more information, check out our blog on Smart-UPSs now.
Smaller, lighter, and more powerful
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