Australia · costs in AUD
LED-backlit LCD · 32"
TCL 32S5K TV
TCL 32S5K is a 32-inch LED-backlit LCD television registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ATV6741).
- Screen size
- 32"
- 80 cm, LED-backlit LCD
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 95 kWh
- Label: 130 kWh · 0.03 kWh per hour on
- Estimated running cost
- $30 / year
- $303 over 10 years
- Power when on
- 25 W · 0.4 W standby
10% more electricity than the median of 174 comparable 32 inch TV registrations (118 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 30% of them. At your rates that is about $3 a year more than the median, $28 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 32 inch TV sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
TCL 32S5K specifications
- Screen size (diagonal)
- 80.0 cm (31.5")
- Screen area
- 2,732 cm²
- Screen technology
- LED-backlit LCD
- On-mode power
- 25.4 W
- Passive standby power
- 0.42 W
- Active standby power
- 0.00 W
- Power supply
- Internal
- Tuner
- Analogue/Digital
- Annual energy (label)
- 130 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.05
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ATV6741
- GEMS registration id
- 168800
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 8 May 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Televisions) Determination 2013
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 62087.1:2010
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. Manufacturer: tcl.com/au. How the derived figures are calculated.