Model
Sansui LE-55TA1
Rank #55 means 54 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 71st efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 71% of those models.
What does the Sansui LE-55TA1 cost to run per year?
The Sansui LE-55TA1 is a relatively cheap runner for its class: about $27 a year, rank #55 of 172. Its 71th size-adjusted efficiency percentile is a step ahead of the class median, though not among the very top results. At 79.5 W in on-mode, its power draw is a direct input into that running-cost figure.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Lg OLED42C5*** at $27/yr runs a little cheaper and the Lg 55QNED85AU* at $27/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-55TA1's $27/yr adds up to roughly $189 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Sansui LE-55TA1 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 $27/yr, here is what the Sansui LE-55TA1 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-55TA1 costs about $270. That is roughly $80 less than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Sansui LE-55TA1 compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $27/yr, it runs about $8 a year cheaper than the class median of $35, and it is about $24 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 54.7 in, the Sansui LE-55TA1 is a mid-size television for its class, which spans 13.23 to 114.4 in with a median of 55 in, right in the middle of the capacity range, so capacity is roughly a wash compared with the rest of the class. Its on-mode power draw of 79.5 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-55TA1 cheap to run?
Yes, relatively. At $27 a year it ranks #55 of 172 television models we track, in the cheaper part of its class to run.
How much does the Sansui LE-55TA1 cost per month?
Roughly $2.27/mo, spreading the $27/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 147 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $27 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Sansui LE-55TA1 for its size?
71st percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | Lg OLED42C5***41.5 in | $27 |
| 53 | Samsung QN50QN90FAF49.5 in | $27 |
| 52 | Samsung QN48S90HAE47.5 in | $27 |
| 51 | Samsung QN43QN90DAF42.5 in | $27 |
| 50 | Lg 55QNED85TU*54.6 in | $26 |
Source
ES_25251_LE-55TA1_07122024132950_9064752View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Sansui and LE-55TA1 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.