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Rinse Water level increase on Electrolux 60/70 Series Washer

11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago

Hey Everyone!

Just checking in to see if anyone on our awesome forum, or maybe a "lurker" knows how to add more water to the rinse levels in an Electrolux 60 Series Washer!

My 2015 60 Series washer has the Max Fill/Add More Water option to the wash cycle (and it adds and uses a good amount of water), but OMG....the rinse cycles are pathetically low. I do have Fresh Rinse activated, so I am rinsing 3 times (and clothes do seem fresh and clean)...but I'd love to know how to increase water usage for the rinses. Maybe I can just do 2 rinses with more water, instead of taking the time to do 3 rinses. I LOVE my Electrolux 70 Dryer and 60 Washer, but higher rinse levels would be so great!! Thanks!!! :)

Comments (21)

  • 11 years ago

    Larsi, when I had my Bosch, the detergent, bleach, FS dispensers were on the top of the machine and I would pour water down the detergent dispenser or I would pause and pour water in that way. That doesn't help much I know but that's how I did it.


  • 11 years ago

    Beaglenc....This is what I do sometimes, but unlike Mamapinky, LOL, I like my automatic washer to be automatic. Not only do I not want to sit and wait for the rinse cycles, I am not home many times (as I use Delay Start). Thanks though! :)

  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    I wish the Electrolux was 100% automatic. I don't like the bleach dispensing on the first rinse so I add water to the bleach dispenser (already filled with bleach) forcing the siphoning at the last 10 minutes of the wash cycle. I want the bleach to mix with the wash water and not just sprinkled in a rinse.

  • 11 years ago

    Georgect....I'm fairly certain the bleach does not add to the wash water, as Oxi clean and similar additives do not mix with Chlorine Bleach.

  • 11 years ago

    Larsi...I don't use Oxi Clean but I am trying borax with a little baking soda (for suds control). I think it's working well.

  • 11 years ago

    If there are no screws on your pressure switch, it is digital and cannot be adjusted. Pop the top of you IQ Touch and find this thing. It's hard to tell from the pic, if there are adjustment screws on it.

  • 11 years ago

    Larsi, I know you didn't want to join AW, but if there's any possible way to tweek your machine they would know it and how to do it. Just a thought.

  • 11 years ago

    Larsi-The way to look at it is you have plenty of rinse water now compared to what the future holds. The way it is going we will have 1 maybe 2 rinses and this will be sprays and thats it IMO.

    George-Yours dispenses during 1st rinse so the water will be cold--plus not kill the enzymes. A lot of the brands work the same way--some not.

  • 11 years ago

    @ Whirlpooltrainee.....Is "popping" the top off the Electrolux somewhat easy? There are no screws or bolts on the side or front, so I'm assuming it has to be done from behind?

    Also, if I find what I am looking for (see your above pic)...where is the screw(s) I am looking for, and what way & how much do I turn it/them?

    THANK YOU so much!!!

  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    THANK YOU George. I called Electrolux this morning, and they informed me that the pressure switch is in fact, as we guessed, NOT adjustable. They told me they get calls EVERY DAY about low rinse levels, but the machine has been thoroughly tested over & over for several years, and the water levels used during the rinse(s), especially with Fresh Rinse activated is more than what is needed to rinse laundry completely. I guess I just got used to seeing my Miele washer, with Water Plus activated....the rinse levels were literally HALF way up the glass door!!!! It was amazing!! I LOVED my 70 Series Electrolux and really LOVE my new 60 Series too, but I still think I'd be happier seeing more water during the rinses, LOL!!! :)

  • 11 years ago

    Thanks Larsi for passing on what Electrolux had to say about the low water level rinses.

    I sure would enjoy seeing at least a pool of water in the rinses like in the wash (I really would like to see a DEEPER rinse option).

    I have added water through the dispenser with a garden house hooked up to the utility sink when I've made a detergent dossing error.


  • 11 years ago

    Yessss georgect, you are brilliant, I've been worried what to do if I can't tweek the GE into a higher water level, since my laundry room is next to the kitchen I can run a hose, I can see it now one of those hose holders that you wind the hose onto when not using and just tuck it out of the way, it will work perfectly. Thank you, thank you.

  • 11 years ago

    I do not have a hose handy, our laundry room is indoors, away from garden equipment :) But....I have filled a bucket and carefully added a few gallons of water into the machine via the detergent tray drawer!! OMG....we are all making our automatic machines not automatic, LOL. I've done it a few times, and while I enjoyed seeing and hearing the sloshy water during the rinse cycle...I refused to do it for rinse 2 & 3, and made myself realize how insane it is to fill a bucket and hang around the laundry room for 20+ mins adding water to rinse levels in an automatic washing machine in 2015!! Crayyyyyy Cray!!! :)

  • 11 years ago

    Crayyyyyy Cray Pinky!!!!

  • 10 years ago

    Here,s a fix but you will need to know what you are doing. Put a T in the hose that goes to the sensor at the bottom of the drum Install an air bleeder to the T with a piece of hose at about the water level so when the machine has the amount of water you want. You will need a bracket to mount it, or drill holes in the back of the machine and mount it there. This will allow the air to bleed out until the water reaches the bleeder and then the air pressure activate the pressure switch. There are many types of these. Here is one Shop automatic air vent valveSKU: CAL502710AManufacturer: CALEFFIPrice: $10.24

  • 10 years ago

    Have you ever done this? it sounds good in theory but the water does not go that far up the hose only air so this is a recipe for an overfill flood I would think. I added more(2') tubing....I barely( don't clog the hole) glued aquarium tubing into the black tube where the clamp is and used the clamp that was on the pressure switch to clamp the hoses together. The aquarium tubing slides into the black tubing with a little white glue on the outside end of the aquarium tubing. Then the aquarium tubing onto the pressure switch fits really tight so I did not use a clamp on that. Then the aquarium tubing can be folded or spiraled up and tied with a bread tie( making sure that there are no memory kinks in the aquarium tube) to get it out of the way. Then reinstall the pressure switch and click the connector back on. Good to go!

  • 9 years ago

    Another way is to buy another water level switch and carefully remove the top and take apart. There are springs and a magnetic coil with a rod that moves up and down within the coil controlled by a rubber diaphragm. I carefully stretched the spring and reassembled and after 3 attempts its perfect 2" up the glass

  • 9 years ago

    Clive..what's the lift and fall action like with the clothes? I have read about others that tweek their machines into adding more water than the clothes just roll around the bottom with no lift.

  • 6 years ago

    Clive, I bought a used switch for $6.00 on Ebay. I took it apart and saw the parts you named. What does stretching out the spring accomplish?

  • 6 years ago

    Stretching the spring allows more water in the machine for before the pressure is high enough to activate the switch. This is the same way adjustable ones work all the screw dose is adjust spring tension