Model
Sansui LE-65KA1
Rank #88 means 87 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 62nd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 62% of those models.
What does the Sansui LE-65KA1 cost to run per year?
The Sansui LE-65KA1 costs about $35 a year to run, a middle-of-the-pack figure at rank #88 of 172. Once capacity is factored in, its 62th efficiency percentile puts it ahead of most peers in its class. At 102.25 W in on-mode, its power draw is a direct input into that running-cost figure.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Lg OLED55G6WU* at $35/yr runs a little cheaper and the Xitrix XPN-DSA6550 at $35/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-65KA1's $35/yr adds up to roughly $245 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Sansui LE-65KA1 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 $35/yr, here is what the Sansui LE-65KA1 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-65KA1 costs about $350. That is roughly $0 less than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Sansui LE-65KA1 compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $35/yr, it sits right on the class median of $35, and it is about $32 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 64.6 in, the Sansui LE-65KA1 is a large television for its class, which spans 13.23 to 114.4 in with a median of 55 in, and larger television models generally cost more to run than smaller ones in the same class, simply because there is more to keep cold, spin, heat, or light. At 102.25 W on-mode (the class spans 9.3 to 343.5 W), its power draw is what ENERGY STAR actually measured to produce this running-cost figure; brightness settings move that wattage more than screen size alone.
- 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-65KA1 cheap to run?
It is about average. At $35 a year it ranks #88 of 172 television models we track, close to the middle of its class on running cost.
How much does the Sansui LE-65KA1 cost per month?
Roughly $2.92/mo, spreading the $35/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 189 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $35 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Sansui LE-65KA1 for its size?
62nd percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 87 | Lg OLED55G6WU*54.6 in | $35 |
| 86 | Lg 75QNED82AU*74.5 in | $35 |
| 85 | Xitrix XPN-DSA585058 in | $35 |
| 84 | Philips 75HFL6214U/2774.5 in | $35 |
| 83 | Samsung QN55S90FAF54.6 in | $35 |
Source
ES_25251_LE-65KA1_03202026152147_9433557View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Sansui and LE-65KA1 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.