Model
Cafe CDT888**V***
Rank #390 means 389 of the 709 dishwasher models we track cost less to run each year; the 84th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 84% of those models.
What does the Cafe CDT888**V*** cost to run per year?
The Cafe CDT888**V*** costs about $45 a year to run, a middle-of-the-pack figure at rank #390 of 709. It uses 21.8% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $57/yr to run, a saving of roughly $12 a year. Efficiency-wise, once capacity is accounted for, it beats 84% of the class, a solidly strong result rather than a size-driven fluke. At 16 place settings, it is a large dishwasher for the class, which runs 2 to 18 place settings; size and efficiency are the two levers behind the figure above, and this dataset does not carry a separate efficiency-factor column for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Cafe CDT87***N*** at $45/yr runs a little cheaper and the Comfee C*14EFSBK1RCM at $45/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A dishwasher typically stays in service for somewhere around 9 years; over that span, the Cafe CDT888**V***'s $45/yr adds up to roughly $405 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Bosch SHE55EM**.
By the numbers
The Cafe CDT888**V*** 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 $45/yr, here is what the Cafe CDT888**V*** adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Cafe CDT888**V*** costs about $450. That is roughly $120 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $570 over the same ten years.
How the Cafe CDT888**V*** compares
The dishwasher class we track runs from $15 to $45 a year. At $45/yr, it runs about $1 a year above the class median of $44, and it is about $30 a year more than the cheapest dishwasher to run at $15. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $57/yr, the Cafe CDT888**V*** uses 21.8% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 16 place settings, the Cafe CDT888**V*** is a large dishwasher for its class, which spans 2 to 18 place settings with a median of 14 place settings, and larger dishwasher models generally cost more to run than smaller ones in the same class, simply because there is more to keep cold, spin, heat, or light.
- Place-setting capacity. A larger dishwasher heats more water per cycle, so bigger capacity generally means a higher annual energy figure, independent of how efficient the unit is.
- Water heating. The booster heater that brings water up to sanitizing temperature is usually the single largest electrical load in a dishwasher's cycle.
- Cycle length and drying method. Cycle selection, eco versus heavy, air-dry versus heated-dry, moves real running cost more than most owners realize for a given capacity.
Common questions
Is the Cafe CDT888**V*** cheap to run?
It is about average. At $45 a year it ranks #390 of 709 dishwasher models we track, close to the middle of its class on running cost.
How much does the Cafe CDT888**V*** cost per month?
Roughly $3.71/mo, spreading the $45/yr estimate evenly across twelve months at $0.1856/kWh. Actual monthly bills swing with your rate and usage pattern.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
We take the model's published annual energy use of 240 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $45 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Cafe CDT888**V*** for its size?
84th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
Source
ES_1123206_CDT888**V***_12202023165638_80194723View certified dishwasher listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Cafe and CDT888**V*** 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.