Error code
Washer error code HO SE
Electrolux washer error code HO SE: The machine has worked out for itself that its supply hoses are crossed and has said so in the only four characters it has. Which machines can raise it, what the maker publishes about it, and what to do next.
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What we can confirm
Code HO SE, from the manufacturer's own documentation
A code is only meaningful together with the machine showing it — the same digits mean different things on different equipment.
The code
HO SE
The machine has worked out for itself that its supply hoses are crossed and has said so in the only four characters it has. This is the same underlying problem E11 hints at, caught directly rather than inferred from a slow fill — the control compares what it asked for with what arrived and concludes the hot line is on the cold inlet. The maker names this condition and publishes no procedure behind it, so the page carries the name and the obvious remedy and does not invent the rest. It is worth a minute because a washer plumbed backwards works, badly, for years.
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What it narrows down to
Reversed hose detection.
Diagnostic
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On the same appliance
What else belongs to the washers
On this make a code belongs to the appliance rather than to a product line. These are the other conditions this machine can display, and the models that can show this one — a display often has more than one thing to say, and the model number decides what any of it costs to put right.
Other codes this appliance can display
Error Code E11 indicates the washing machine isn't filling with water during the washing phase of the cycle. E11 may cause the unit to lock for up to 6 minutes. NOTE: This is a known installation issue. If your washer was recently installed or moved, have the installer verify the installation was done correctly.
Error code E21 indicates the washing machine water isn't pumping fast enough or is taking too long to empty. NOTE: This is a known installation issue. If your washer was recently installed or moved, have the installer verify the installation was done correctly.
Error Code E35 indicates the washing machine pressure sensor is indicating water overfill. Water runs continuously. NOTE: This is a known installation issue. If your washer was recently installed or moved, have the installer verify the installation was done correctly.
Error Code E41 indicates the washing machine control board thinks the door switch is open.
Error Code E42 means that the door lock is not being recognized.
Control lock activator.
Error Code SU dS indicates oversudsing has been detected by the washer, which will result in the washer requiring additional rinses until the suds have been cleared. Each extra rinse the washer performs to clear the suds will add approximately 5 minutes to the cycle duration.
The same digits mean different things on different equipment. Search the full code list
In more detail
About Washer error code HO SE
What HO SE means on this make
The machine has worked out for itself that its supply hoses are crossed and has said so in the only four characters it has. This is the same underlying problem E11 hints at, caught directly rather than inferred from a slow fill — the control compares what it asked for with what arrived and concludes the hot line is on the cold inlet. The maker names this condition and publishes no procedure behind it, so the page carries the name and the obvious remedy and does not invent the rest. It is worth a minute because a washer plumbed backwards works, badly, for years.
The other ways this one is printed
HO SE · HOSE · HO5E
The same condition is printed differently on different panels of the same make, and every spelling the maker publishes for it is above. Whichever of them you searched for, this is the right page.
Where this appears, and why not to clear it
On the appliance's own display, as a short single code — a letter and a number, or two letters. Nothing alternates and nothing arrives in halves on this make, so what the panel shows is the whole of it. Photograph it before you cut the power. This maker's own answer to most of these is thirty seconds at the breaker, and that is worth following once — but a display that has been cleared has taken the evidence with it, and there is no way to ask the machine for it again.
What to do about it
- Shut both taps at the wall before touching a hose.
- Swap the hoses at the machine end: hot supply to the hot inlet, cold to the cold. The inlets are marked on the back panel.
- Reopen both taps, run a short cycle, and check the code has gone. If the machine was installed by somebody else, this is worth raising with them.
- If the hoses are demonstrably correct and the code stands, the inlet valve or the sensor behind it is reporting wrongly, and that is the visit.
Where this goes next
The job this usually becomes is diagnostic visit, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call (305) 912-9018 and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards