Philips Senseo II 7810 HD replace floater

ID: 151659

Description: The incident: The coffee machine isn't working...

Steps:

1. I did that with an old metal coat hanger.
2. Attach a strong magnet to the area where the floater normally resides, to make the machine "believe" that there is enough water.
3. The problem with that is the risk, that it can damage the machine and result in a power failure when there is no water.

4. While preparing a coffee, hold a magnet next to the area where the floater resides when there is water in the tank, to make the machine "believe" that there is still a floater, which indicates that there is enough water.
5. Do that only while preparing a coffee. Switch off the machine and remove the magnet when you are done.
6. In this case, I used a magnet from an old hard disk.

7. The alternative would be to buy a replacement water tank (around 21 EUR), which contains a floater with a magnet.