Eaton 5P 1150i - Gen 2 - UPS (rack-mountable) - AC 200/208/220/230/240 V - 920 Watt - 1150 VA - 1-phase - 9 Ah - RS-232, USB, RJ-45 - output connectors: 6 - 1U - 19" - black, silver

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

If you’re running a rack full of switches, small servers, or storage heads and you want sensible runtime with clean power conditioning, the Eaton 5P 1150i Gen 2 is a solid, no-drama option. Eaton’s strength is that these units tend to behave predictably in real deployments, and the 1U rack format makes it easy to standardise across sites. At **£966.83 ex-VAT**, the key question is whether you actually need this class of protection and management in your environment—if you’ve got mission-critical gear that can’t afford dirty power or brief dropouts, it’s a reasonable spend and you’ll feel it most during the “event,” not during the quiet day-to-day.

That said, I’d be cautious if you’re buying purely on output size. For most SMB/rack use, the value is really in planning runtime properly for your actual load—if your devices are power-hungry, you may be disappointed by how long you get, and people often discover that a UPS wasn’t the bottleneck they thought. Also, if you’re not going to use the monitoring/communications features, you’re paying for capability you won’t benefit from. **Who should buy:** SMEs, hosted IT, and office/server-room teams standardising Eaton for reliable line-interactive protection and rack-friendly fit. **Who shouldn’t:** anyone after the cheapest “just in case” UPS, or anyone who hasn’t done load/runtime planning.