Model
Clear Tunes CT-1385S
Rank #4 means 3 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 97th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 97% of those models.
What does the Clear Tunes CT-1385S cost to run per year?
At $4 a year to run, the Clear Tunes CT-1385S is one of the very cheapest television models we track, ranking #4 of 172, in the bottom five percent on cost. Once capacity is factored in, it outperforms 97% of the television models we track on efficiency, near the very top of the normalized ranking. At 10.7 W in on-mode, its power draw is a direct input into that running-cost figure.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Clear Tunes CT-1514S at $4/yr runs a little cheaper and the Clear Tunes PDVA-PM31561 at $5/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 Clear Tunes CT-1385S's $4/yr adds up to roughly $28 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Clear Tunes CT-1385S 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 $4/yr, here is what the Clear Tunes CT-1385S adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Clear Tunes CT-1385S costs about $40. That is roughly $310 less than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Clear Tunes CT-1385S compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $4/yr, it runs about $31 a year cheaper than the class median of $35, and it is about $1 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 13.25 in, the Clear Tunes CT-1385S is a small television for its class, which spans 13.23 to 114.4 in with a median of 55 in, less capacity to service is usually the first reason a running-cost figure lands on the low side, before efficiency even enters the picture. 10.7 W is the on-mode draw behind this figure (the class spans 9.3 to 343.5 W); two otherwise similar TVs can differ here mostly on picture-mode defaults rather than panel technology.
- 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 Clear Tunes CT-1385S cheap to run?
Yes, relatively. At $4 a year it ranks #4 of 172 television models we track, in the cheaper part of its class to run.
How much does the Clear Tunes CT-1385S cost per month?
Roughly $0.34/mo, spreading the $4/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 22 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $4 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Clear Tunes CT-1385S for its size?
97th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Clear Tunes CT-1514S15.55 in | $4 |
| 2 | Emerson ATSC-PM8133113.23 in | $3 |
| 1 | Clear Tunes ATSC-PM8133113.23 in | $3 |
Source
ES_1117334_CT-1385S_08162022113718_448572View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Clear Tunes and CT-1385S 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.