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Setting the softeners/salt level for Electrolux KEQB7300L

  • 14-01-2024 10:18am
    #1
    frisket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭frisket


    I'm in Cork City where the water is very soft so I need to set the salt usage level way down. The manual explains all this, with tables for the setting, but fails completely to say where to make the adjustment (no mention anywhere of what knob, dial, or setting buttons). Does anyone know where the setting can be made?

    (Related: the manual also talks about rinse aid settings, also also fails the same way to say where the settings can be adjusted.)

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  • #2
    frisket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭frisket


    BTW Yes, I have sent Electrolux a message via their web site, but I have no idea if they ever read those "emails".



  • #3
    Sara Sour Tremor
    Posts: 0 ✭ Sara Sour Tremor


    Seems like the manual is missing a page or a section. There’s usually an option in a settings mode which isn’t always very intuitive on dishwashers as it’s only ever set up once. Usually involves hiding down buttons and sequences of flashing lights, as most don’t have full text displays



  • #4
    The Red Ace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭The Red Ace


    If the water is soft in your area you could give the salt a miss, as a general rule of thumb a fill of rinse aid will last 90 washes or three months, the rinse aid does two jobs , primarily it puts a shine on the dishes but it also helps the dishes to shed water for drying



  • #5
    frisket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭frisket


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121613633#Comment_121613633

    They did indeed reply, but basically said RTFM. So I did — for the nth time — and finally found the location. "Settings" I knew, but ti look like they had reversed the order of the subsections, so the bit about how to enter Settings mode came after the explanation of the settings themselves, and after the bit about how to navigate. When you finally grasp it, it works, but they need to spend that extra 10¢ on a better display, and they need to rewrite the FM.



  • #6
    Sara Sour Tremor
    Posts: 0 ✭ Sara Sour Tremor


    If you're in a softwater area, you really shouldn't need to bother much with the resin filters, and especially not if you're using multi-function tablets.

    They're very useful however in hardwater areas.



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  • #7
    frisket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭frisket


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121636296#Comment_121636296

    Exactly. but the water-testing company I called claimed that Cork was a hard water area, which is complete rubbish.

    Anyway, I set the machine to minimum salt and minimum rinse-aid, and it's doing perfectly.

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


  • #8
    Sara Sour Tremor
    Posts: 0 ✭ Sara Sour Tremor


    Yeah I keep seeing Cork mentioned as hard water area and it absolutely isn’t. No lime scale at all.



  • #9
    frisket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭frisket


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121895374#Comment_121895374

    Someone said the southside is soft water (I can guarantee that: it is) but the northside is hard water (anyone reading this who lives there please confirm or deny)



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