A 1,000 Wh power station runs a typical 55-inch LED TV for about 7.4 h and a 65-inch for about 6.1 h. A TV is a light load at roughly 96 to 118 W, so even a small 288 Wh unit gets you through a movie. A game console is what drains the battery: a PS5 or Xbox Series X with a 65-inch set cuts a 1 kWh station to about 2.5 h.

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How many hours by station size?

Typical nonstop runtime, including the battery reserve, inverter loss and the station's standby draw.

Setup288 Wh512 Wh1,024 Wh2,048 Wh
55-inch LED TV96 W · ENERGY STAR typical2.1 h3.7 h7.4 h14 h
65-inch LED TV118 W · ENERGY STAR typical1.7 h3.1 h6.1 h12 h
55-inch TV + Wi-Fi for streaming111 W · Router and modem on too1.8 h3.3 h6.5 h12 h
55-inch TV + Nintendo Switch (docked)114 W · Light console1.8 h3.2 h6.3 h12 h
65-inch TV + PS5 or Xbox Series X298 W · While gaming43 min1.3 h2.5 h5 h

TV watts are ENERGY STAR on-mode figures for certified LED sets; bright or HDR modes draw more. Console figure: PS5 or Xbox Series X while gaming. Your TV's manual or label lists its rated watts.

Anker SOLIX C300 portable power station, three-quarter view
A movie night

Anker SOLIX C300

288 Wh and 300 W at 9.1 lb: about 2.1 h of a 55-inch TV, enough for a film, with USB-C left for phones.

Capacity
288 Wh
Output
300 W
Weight
9.1 lb
UPS
10 ms

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Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 portable power station, front view
TV, console and Wi-Fi

Jackery Explorer 1000 v2

1,024 Wh and 1,500 W: about 6.5 h of streaming on a 55-inch TV, or about 2.5 h of console gaming on a 65-inch.

Capacity
1,024 Wh
Output
1,500 W
Weight
23.8 lb
UPS
20 ms

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How much power does a TV use per hour?

ENERGY STAR's certified TV data puts a typical 55-inch LED set at about 96 W while on and a 65-inch at about 118 W; 50-inch sets often draw less, with a median of 68 W. One hour of a 55-inch TV is roughly 96 Wh at the TV. The station spends a little more than that because its inverter loses about 15% and draws its own standby power while AC is on.

A streaming stick adds only a few watts. The Wi-Fi router and modem add about 15 W, which matters more over a long evening than the stick does.

What does a 2-hour movie take during an outage?

A 2-hour movie on a 55-inch TV with the router on takes a station of about 312 Wh, counting the reserve and losses. That's most of a small 288 Wh unit, or a modest slice of a 1 kWh one. Adding the fridge changes the picture far more than the TV does; check your mix in the calculator below.

Plug the TV, streaming box and router into the station directly or through a plain power strip, and turn the TV's brightness down: picture mode is the biggest lever you control.

What about game consoles?

A PS5 or Xbox Series X draws about 180 W while gaming, more than the TV itself. With a 65-inch TV that's about 298 W in total. A docked Nintendo Switch draws about 18 W and barely changes the runtime.

Output matters with consoles. TV, router and a PS5 or Xbox together draw about 291 W, so with a 10% margin the station should supply about 320 W. Of the 42 current models with AC outlets we track, 39 do; 300 W units like the SOLIX C300 don't.

Tailgating and camping

A 32 to 43-inch TV and a Bluetooth speaker draw about 60 W in our data, so a 512 Wh station runs them for about 5.7 h. For trips where the TV is one of several loads, see our camping guide; for an outage plan that covers the TV and the fridge, the hurricane outage plan.

Which station fits your evening?

A 55-inch TV with the Wi-Fi on, run through our quiz engine under different plans. Open any row to swap the TV, add the fridge or change the time.

Picks come from the same engine as the quiz, recalculated whenever our catalog changes.

Check your own setup

Enter your TV's watts from its label, set the hours and add the console or router. The full runtime calculator covers every device in our data.

1. What you want to run

  • TV (50–55 in, LED)

    Bright or HDR picture modes draw more. A streaming stick adds only a few watts.

  • Wi-Fi router + modem

    A combo gateway sits at the low end; separate modem and router at the high end.

  • Game console (PS5 / Xbox Series X)

2. The power station

What people actually ask

How long will a 1000 Wh power station run a TV?

About 7 hours for a typical 55-inch LED TV and about 6 hours for a 65-inch, including the station's battery reserve and inverter loss. Add a PS5 or Xbox Series X and it drops to about 2.5 hours.

How many watts does a TV use?

ENERGY STAR's data puts a typical 55-inch LED TV at about 96 W and a 65-inch at about 118 W while on. 50-inch sets often use less, with a median of 68 W. Bright and HDR picture modes push the draw up.

Can a small power station run a TV?

Yes. A 300 W, 288 Wh station runs a 55-inch TV for about 2 hours, enough for a movie. It can't add a PS5 or Xbox Series X and the router on top, though: that combination needs about 320 W of continuous output with a margin.

Does a game console use a lot of power?

More than the TV. A PS5 or Xbox Series X draws about 180 W while gaming, so console plus 65-inch TV is about 300 W. A docked Nintendo Switch draws about 18 W.

Should I run the TV during a power outage?

If the battery covers your essentials first. A 2-hour movie on a 55-inch TV with the Wi-Fi on uses a few hundred watt-hours, which on a small station is a big share of the night. Keep the fridge, medical devices and phones ahead of the TV.

The bottom line

A TV is one of the easier things to run: about 7.4 h of a 55-inch set per 1 kWh, and a movie on even a small station. Consoles roughly double the draw, and need a station with more than 300 W of output once the router is on too. Phones are lighter still; see how many charges a station gives. Compare sizes in the chart or take the quiz.

Sources (checked 2026-11-01)