Model
Sansui LE-75VH5
Rank #107 means 106 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 61st efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 61% of those models.
What does the Sansui LE-75VH5 cost to run per year?
At about $41 a year, the Sansui LE-75VH5 costs more to run than most television models we track, rank #107 of 172. Size-adjusted, this model beats 61% of television models we track on efficiency, better than most of its class. Its on-mode draw of 119.51 W is the number ENERGY STAR measures directly and the one this running-cost figure is built from.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Lg OLED55G5*** at $40/yr runs a little cheaper and the Samsung QN65S84FAE at $41/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-75VH5's $41/yr adds up to roughly $287 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Sansui LE-75VH5 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 $41/yr, here is what the Sansui LE-75VH5 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-75VH5 costs about $410. That is roughly $60 more than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Sansui LE-75VH5 compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $41/yr, it runs about $6 a year above the class median of $35, and it is about $38 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 74.3 in, the Sansui LE-75VH5 is a large television for its class, which spans 13.23 to 114.4 in with a median of 55 in, among television models, bigger capacity is the most common reason a running-cost figure lands on the high side, all else being equal. At 119.51 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. On-mode watts, the figure ENERGY STAR measures at the factory picture setting, can differ a lot from what a TV actually draws once you change the picture mode.
- Screen size. Screen size is the single strongest predictor of a TV's on-mode wattage, ahead of panel technology or brand.
- Hours of use. Running cost compounds with hours of use, so this figure is really a per-hour rate multiplied by a standard viewing assumption, not a fixed annual bill.
Common questions
Is the Sansui LE-75VH5 cheap to run?
Its $41/yr running cost, rank #107 of 172, is above what most television models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Sansui LE-75VH5 cost per month?
About $3.41 a month, which is the $41 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 220 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $41 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Sansui LE-75VH5 for its size?
61st 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 106 | Lg OLED55G5***54.6 in | $40 |
| 105 | Rca 65D164.5 in | $40 |
| 104 | Lg 65QNED90TU*64.5 in | $40 |
| 103 | Samsung QN65S85FAF64.5 in | $40 |
| 102 | Samsung QN65S85HAE64.5 in | $40 |
Source
ES_25251_LE-75VH5_08212024192650_3731347View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Sansui and LE-75VH5 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.