APC / Schneider Galaxy VX three-phase UPS

0:00 What is the APC Galaxy VX? What is the APC Galaxy VX? It is Schneider Electric's large modular double-conversion three-phase UPS, from about 500 to 1,500 kilowatts, in 400 and 480 volt models.

0:14 What does modular mean here? What does modular mean here? Capacity lives in power modules inside a large frame, so capacity and serviceability are designed around the module, you add capability by adding modules, and the range carries eConversion and lithium-ion battery options.

0:30 Which batteries does it take? Which batteries does it take? External battery systems, with lithium-ion options among them, so the battery plant is specified with the room. How efficient is it? Up to 99 percent in eConversion mode, as Schneider Electric publishes. And like the rest of the Galaxy V series, eConversion has been Schneider Electric's factory default since 2022.

0:53 What does it look like in the field? What does it look like in the field? Schneider's published customer story features EcoDataCenter in Falun, Sweden: four Galaxy VX units at 1,250 kilowatts each, with the option to operate at 99 percent efficiency in eConversion. The site reuses its waste heat back to the local grid. Those are Schneider's published numbers, not our claim.

1:16 Do the part numbers move? Do the part numbers move? On this range they do. Schneider Electric discontinued the early GVX500K500HS on July 5, 2023, and replaced it with GVX500K500NHS.

1:32 Is it current? Is it current? Yes. Schneider Electric lists the Galaxy VX as a current range. It also points owners of the discontinued Symmetra PX 250 and 500 kilowatt frames, and owners of the Galaxy VM, to Galaxy VX models, which makes the VX Schneider Electric's named replacement path for those frames.

1:54 Who is it for? Who is it for? Large data centres, cloud and colocation sites, at the 500 to 1,500 kilowatt scale, where a large modular frame carries the hall.

2:05 Request a quote If you are sizing one, request a quote at threephaseups.ca.

0:00 What does a maintenance visit check on an APC Galaxy VX? What does a maintenance visit check on an APC Galaxy VX? The split: your part is read-only, from the front, and everything else belongs to a scheduled visit by qualified service staff.

0:12 What is on you? What is on you? Read the mimic lights and the alarm list, record the load percentage and the mode, and check the room temperature and that nothing blocks the air intakes. And photograph or write down the active alarms and the event log before anyone resets anything.

0:28 What does the visit look for? What does the visit look for? The parts with a clock: fans, filters and capacitors, covered before they turn into alarms. The Galaxy VX operation manual gives no replacement intervals for those parts; the visit is how the wear gets caught.

0:43 Which alarms show the wear first? Which alarms show the wear first? Restricted air flow is rated critical: a clogged air filter or another obstacle, so room cooling and airflow are the first checks. Fan inoperable is a warning: fan redundancy is lost.

0:57 Which battery alarms matter for planning? Which battery alarms matter for planning? Battery condition is poor means capacity is below 50 percent, and the manual says the batteries should be replaced. Battery breakers tripped means the system stopped a deep discharge, and the manual's action is to close the battery breakers manually. If it happens again, call before closing them.

1:17 How do the batteries get replaced? How do the batteries get replaced? Large VX battery plants are usually replaced string by string, with blocks matched to the installed Schneider string, planned before outage season.

1:28 What about the bypass? What about the bypass? System operation mode, Maintenance Bypass, means the load is on the maintenance breaker, the MBB, on unconditioned utility power. And System locked in bypass operation is critical: more than 10 transfers within 1 minute.

1:44 What is the boundary? What is the boundary? Everything else, including breakers, power cabinets and batteries, is technician work. Lost redundancy keeps the load but loses the margin the system was bought for.

1:56 Request a quote If your VX is due for a visit, request a quote at threephaseups.ca.