Model
Sansui LE-32KA1
Rank #11 means 10 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 96th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 96% of those models.
What does the Sansui LE-32KA1 cost to run per year?
The Sansui LE-32KA1 costs about $10 a year to run and sits near the top of the cheapest-to-run leaderboard, rank #11 of 172. Efficiency-wise, once its capacity is accounted for, it edges out 96% of the class, about as strong a result as this ranking produces. At 27.24 W in on-mode, its power draw is a direct input into that running-cost figure.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Sansui, Amzfast LE-24TA1 at $9/yr runs a little cheaper and the Sansui LE-32T1 at $10/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A television typically stays in service for somewhere around 7 years; over that span, the Sansui LE-32KA1's $10/yr adds up to roughly $70 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Sansui LE-32KA1 normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $10/yr, here is what the Sansui LE-32KA1 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Sansui LE-32KA1 costs about $100. That is roughly $250 less than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Sansui LE-32KA1 compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $10/yr, it runs about $25 a year cheaper than the class median of $35, and it is about $7 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 31.37 in, the Sansui LE-32KA1 is a small television for its class, which spans 13.23 to 114.4 in with a median of 55 in, and smaller television models generally cost less to run for the same job, all else being equal. Its on-mode power draw of 27.24 W (the class spans 9.3 to 343.5 W) is the direct input into the running-cost figure, and the picture-brightness setting you choose is the single biggest lever you control over it day to day.
- On-mode brightness. The picture mode you leave a TV on, vivid or eco, moves its real-world wattage more than almost anything else you control directly.
- Screen size. A bigger panel needs more backlight or more emissive pixels to reach the same brightness, so energy use climbs with diagonal screen size across most panel technologies.
- Hours of use. ENERGY STAR's on-mode wattage figure assumes a standard number of hours per day; a TV left on longer than that, or used as ambient background noise, accumulates more of that hourly cost.
Common questions
Is the Sansui LE-32KA1 cheap to run?
Yes, relatively. At $10 a year it ranks #11 of 172 television models we track, in the cheaper part of its class to run.
How much does the Sansui LE-32KA1 cost per month?
Roughly $0.8/mo, spreading the $10/yr estimate evenly across twelve months at $0.1856/kWh. Actual monthly bills swing with your rate and usage pattern.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
We take the model's published annual energy use of 52 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $10 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Sansui LE-32KA1 for its size?
96th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Sansui, Amzfast LE-24TA123.48 in | $9 |
| 9 | Sansui LE-24VA123.6 in | $8 |
| 8 | Sansui LE-24T123.53 in | $8 |
| 7 | Emerson PDVA-PM8185118.49 in | $6 |
| 6 | Emerson PDVA-PM3156115.47 in | $5 |
Source
ES_25251_LE-32KA1_01192026133348_3020288View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Sansui and LE-32KA1 are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.