April 8, 2013 Schneider Electric IT Business India Pvt. Ltd. has announced the launch of the 3-Phase Smart-UPS VT with hot swappable batteries for small and medium businesses in India. The Smart-UPS VT features a 3-Phase Power Protection unit and is designed keeping in mind Indian usage conditions specifically, with features like hot swappable batteries and pull out and swappable power modules. Conventional Battery solution is generally identified as the single largest reason for UPS failures. The Hot swappable battery modules aim to replace this through monitoring and design improvements. The product is aimed at the small data centers, server rooms and network closets in India with a focus on retail, BFSI, IT/ITES, and Media

Small and medium businesses are often plagued by poor server room installations due to lack of specialized IT resources within the company resulting in frequent system downtimes due to technical glitches, low efficiency and poor run time of server room infrastructure. There are also frequent power cuts. The hot swappable batteries can be easily substituted without interrupting the load, thus allowing smooth working conditions. The swappable power module comes with a unique slide in/out concept that makes it easy to replace the entire module. The UPS also ensures highest efficiency of 96% at a 100% load and reduces Total Cost of Ownership by 40% over a range of 5 years. With a battery life of 3 to 5 years it is ideal for small and medium businesses

According to Bhagwati Prasad, Head Business Development - 3 Phase Power and Racks, APJ, Schneider Electric IT Business "The Smart-UPS VT is our unique offering for the SMB sector which requires highly efficient, premium, best-in-class performance of IT applications. It provides users with remote management options by being connected directly to the network and enabling IT and Facility Managers to meet service level objectives. It also allows energy cost saving up to 40-45%, allowing IT managers to optimize performance and reduce operating cost. The Smart-UPS VT will give us the opportunity to capture the market for 3 Phase unit within the SMB space"

The Smart-UPS VT is Reliable with Double Conversion On-Line Topology - For zero transfer time and perfect regulation, flexible, allowing customers to scale up the capacity of the UPS as needed; agile, fully pre-assembled and tested, hence speeding up deployment time; and adaptable, additional internal hot swappable battery capacity for longer runtimes. The Hot swappable Battery modules are individually monitored to increase the life of the batteries.

Besides these, it also has features like:

• Compact size with sleek design well integrated in IT environment
• Maintenance bypass switch that is accessible from front as well for ease of service
• Dual inputs/outputs allowing connection to two separate power inputs for increased availability
• Soft generator walk-in that allows use of a smaller generator (1.5 x UPS kVA rating), 10sec walk-in
• Optional and auxiliary benefits like wall-mount bypass panel, external battery enclosure, conduit box to ensure easy and safe connection of input cables
• Consistent user interface across all APC UPS, Cooling and environmental monitoring products for ease of use
• LCD display with backlight for high visibility that show all status and control information
• Status light for instant overview that indicates current system status, warnings and alarms independent of LCD display

The Smart-UPS VT also provides service level commitments such as: factory trained technician to be at their doorstep in a minimum of 4 hrs and maximum of next business day in case of any performance issue. It also comes with a 1 year warranty and is available with our leading dealers across all outlets.