Australia · costs in AUD
LED-backlit LCD · 55"
TCL 55C7L TV
TCL 55C7L is a 55-inch LED-backlit LCD television registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ATV7257).
- Screen size
- 55"
- 139 cm, LED-backlit LCD
- Energy rating
- 4
- Annual electricity use
- 354 kWh
- Label: 425 kWh · 0.10 kWh per hour on
- Estimated running cost
- $113 / year
- $1,134 over 10 years
- Power when on
- 97 W · 0.3 W standby
23% more electricity than the median of 454 comparable 55 inch TV registrations (346 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 12% of them. At your rates that is about $21 a year more than the median, $211 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 55 inch TV sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Philips 55HFL5011T/1255"202 kWh/yr | 7 | $65 | |
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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 55C7L specifications
- Screen size (diagonal)
- 138.7 cm (54.6")
- Screen area
- 8,221 cm²
- Screen technology
- LED-backlit LCD
- On-mode power
- 96.7 W
- Passive standby power
- 0.28 W
- Active standby power
- 0.00 W
- Power supply
- Internal
- Tuner
- Analogue/Digital
- Annual energy (label)
- 425 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.02
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ATV7257
- GEMS registration id
- 176887
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 17 February 2031
- 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.