American Power Conversion 10-Q 2006 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION

In connection with the Quarterly Report of American Power Conversion Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 24, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Robert J. Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)     The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Robert J. Johnson

Robert J. Johnson
President and Chief Executive Officer

November 3, 2006

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of a separate disclosure document.

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