LiFePO4 Battery Lowers Lifetime Costs by 75%

Now, thanks to Falcon’s engineering team, the award-winning online rackmount SSG Industrial UPS models (1.5 to 6kVA) are now available with a hot-swap Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery. Why is this significant? The Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery dramatically increases the service life of a UPS. The LiFePO4 battery can last over 10 years depending upon the application and reduces costly battery replacement and downtime risk. Typically, a UPS using a valve regulated lead-acid (VRLA) battery has a life expectancy of 4 to 5 years. However, due to the susceptible nature of lead-acid chemistry to increased temperatures, the batteries typically yield only 1 to 2 years of service life in high temperature applications.

The SSG UPS with the LiFePO₄ battery offers users important benefits:

• Long service life – more than 10 years; only 4 to 5 years for lead-acid batteries
• Long battery runtimes – typically 3 times longer than lead-acid batteries
• Small footprint – One-third to two-thirds the weight compared to lead-acid batteries
• Wide-temperature range – Continuous operation from -20°C to 55°C with no performance degradation
• Advanced safety – no thermal runaway issues that are inherent in Lithium-ion chemistry
• Lower lifetime costs – 75 percent less than lead-acid batteries

The SSG UPS with a LiFePO₄ battery provides triple the backup time, longer service life and 44% less weight than using a typical lead-acid battery. This, together with a significantly lower total cost of ownership (TCO), make the SSG with a LiFePO₄ battery option a perfect choice for protecting critical equipment and processes against costly power problems.