Model
Sansui. LE-85TE1
Rank #160 means 159 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 13th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 13% of those models.
What does the Sansui. LE-85TE1 cost to run per year?
Rank #160 of 172 puts the Sansui. LE-85TE1 among the pricier television models we track to keep running, at roughly $64 a year. Efficiency-wise, once size is accounted for, it lags most of the class, ahead of only 13% of the models we track. Its on-mode draw of 188.8 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 Samsung QN85QN90FAF at $64/yr runs a little cheaper and the Lg OLED77G5*** at $65/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-85TE1's $64/yr adds up to roughly $448 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Sansui. LE-85TE1 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 $64/yr, here is what the Sansui. LE-85TE1 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-85TE1 costs about $640. That is roughly $290 more than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Sansui. LE-85TE1 compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $64/yr, it runs about $29 a year above the class median of $35, and it is about $61 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 84.6 in, the Sansui. LE-85TE1 is a large television for its class, which spans 13.23 to 114.4 in with a median of 55 in, size is usually the single biggest lever behind a running-cost figure, and at this end of the range there is more capacity to service, which tends to push the number up. 188.8 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. 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-85TE1 cheap to run?
Its $64/yr running cost, rank #160 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-85TE1 cost per month?
About $5.37 a month, which is the $64 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: 347 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $64 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Sansui. LE-85TE1 for its size?
13th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is not the main reason for the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 159 | Samsung QN85QN90FAF84.5 in | $64 |
| 158 | Lg OLED77C5***76.7 in | $64 |
| 157 | Lg OLED77B5***76.7 in | $64 |
| 156 | Lg 86QNED90TU*85.6 in | $63 |
| 155 | Lg OLED83B5PU*82.5 in | $61 |
Source
ES_25251_LE-85TE1_05142024200053_293237View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Sansui. and LE-85TE1 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.