ahaaa, at last something totally in the weeds… or not?
i have a defy frontloader daw382, very basic unit and as most machines also ‘eco friendly’, which means on eco cycles it uses less water AND hence less water to heat ERGO less watts but the washing is not as clean as it should be - you start to smell eco friendly 
- thus i need to get more water in the unit - at present i use a hosepipe to add a couple of liters, but sometimes its a mess as water spills on the floor.
the solution lies with adjusting the pressure switch to fill the drum with more water. most washing machines have a pressure switch you can adjust with a screw but this unit is sealed.
my choices seem to be:
- replace it with a similar unit which can be adjusted,
- fit a longer tube in order to fix it higher [?] to have it close later [diaphragm closes giving signal to solenoids to shut incoming water] or
- continue manual hosepipe procedure
option two will entail taking the unit and fixing it on top and outside the present top - an unsightly albeit ‘practical’ solution - it might also be limited by the present length of wiring and the wife will complain
option three is do-able but a schlepp…
any ideas out there [apart from getting a new machine]?
regards
gabriel
edit
i just stumbled across this video which suggest i have to open it and adjust the screw… or shorten the spring… and re-seal it Inside a washing machine water level transducer. (schematic) - YouTube
