PowerShield UPS Australia: Online, Line-Interactive & Rackmount UPS

ARC IP Networks is a trusted PowerShield supplier in Australia: genuine stock at competitive prices, with the full PowerShield Australian warranty, Australia-wide delivery and trade pricing. We stock the Defender, SafeGuard, Commander, Centurion and LiFePO4 ranges plus replacement batteries, network cards and PDUs, and help you size the UPS before you order.

PowerShield sets the warranty by range: SafeGuard and Defender 24 months; single-phase Commander and Centurion 24 months, extended to 36 months free when you register the UPS with PowerShield; Centurion RT LiFePO4 (including its battery module) 60 months; Ninja Slimline 5 years; DC Mini 12 months; UPS accessories, network cards, bypass switches and PDUs 24 months. Eligible plug-in models up to 3kVA get advance replacement, and larger hardwired units are serviced on site in capital-city metro areas, per PowerShield's warranty terms. Every unit from ARC IP Networks carries the full PowerShield Australian warranty on top of your Australian Consumer Law rights.

PowerShield Pty Ltd, an Australian-owned power protection company based in Malaga, Western Australia, that has operated since 2000. It designs and supplies UPSs, PDUs, surge protection and batteries for the Australian and Oceania market and is a certified Australian Owned company. PowerShield was an ARN Innovation Awards finalist in 2023 and 2024, an ARN WIICTA finalist in 2025, and is a Battery Stewardship Council member.

If your NBN fibre connection box or router runs from a 12V DC plug pack drawing 18W or less, the PowerShield DC Mini 12V 18W is built for exactly that: routers, modems and fibre ONTs. If the router and phone gear run from mains power, a small AC UPS such as the Ninja Slimline 600VA or a SafeGuard covers them.

For a single NAS or workstation, a Defender tower (USB communication with PowerShield NetGuard software) or, in a comms cabinet, the Defender Rackmount: the 800VA model is 230mm deep and the 1500VA 300mm, both 2U. For servers and deeper racks, pick a Commander RT (pure sine wave) or Centurion RT (online) on the PSRK rail kit, and add the PowerShield SNMP V4 card for network shutdown, including VMware and Hyper-V hosts.

PowerShield lists nine power problems: power failure, power sag, power surge, under voltage, over voltage, spikes, frequency drift, switching transients and harmonic distortion. A standby UPS such as the Ninja Slimline solves 3 of them (failure, sag and surge). A line-interactive UPS (SafeGuard, Defender, Commander) adds automatic voltage regulation for under and over voltage, 5 of 9. A true online double-conversion UPS (Centurion, Centurion RT LiFePO4) converts AC to DC and back continuously, solves all 9 and has zero transfer time to battery.

PowerShield positions its ranges against them: SafeGuard against APC Back-UPS and Eaton 3S, Centurion against APC Smart-UPS RT and Eaton 9PX RT, Centurion RT LiFePO4 against APC Smart-UPS SRT and Eaton 5P Li-Ion, and the three-phase Platinum against APC Symmetra PX and Eaton 9PXM. The difference is local: PowerShield is Australian-owned, with local sales and support for over 20 years and a technical help desk staffed by the people who develop the products.

Yes. PowerShield NetGuard software comes standard with every PowerShield UPS, for local UPS monitoring, graceful shutdown during an extended outage and power event logging. For remote web access, VMware shutdown, environmental monitoring and dry-contact alarms, add a PowerShield communications card such as the SNMP V4.

Backup time depends on the UPS capacity, the number of batteries and the load. On Commander RT and Centurion models you can add battery banks: PowerShield's example is a Centurion RT 2000 carrying 1500VA, which runs 18 minutes on its own, 67 minutes with one battery bank and 101 minutes with two. Long-run Centurion models are built to take larger battery banks.

PowerShield's replacement battery is the 12V 9Ah PSB12-9, or the PSB12-9-10YR with a 10-year design life, which suits all PowerShield lead-acid UPSs; check how many your model takes with PowerShield's battery lookup. Commander RT and Centurion RT models take clamshell battery cartridges such as PSBC4, and their batteries are hot-swappable. PowerShield suggests having the UPS checked every 3 years, and old batteries can be recycled through the B-cycle program.

Yes. ARC IP Networks offers trade accounts for installers, integrators and MSPs, with project and volume pricing on larger PowerShield orders. Open a trade account online or call 1300 100 440.

Yes. We deliver PowerShield UPSs, battery modules and accessories Australia-wide, and quote delivery for multi-site rollouts together with the order.