Maintenance and storage
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5. Let all parts dry completely.
Cleaning and replacing the sealing ring
1. Wipe the sealing ring
17
off and rinse it under running water (see
Fig. B).
2. Let the sealing ring dry completely.
3. Put the sealing ring back in the lid
12
(see
Fig. B).
4. In the event of normal use of the lid, replace the sealing ring once a year,
but no later than when it has become hard or dark.
Cleaning the valves
Cleaning the safety valve
1. Rinse the safety valve
2
under running water (see
Fig. B).
2. With a pointed object, check whether the pin on the safety valve can be
pushed in or whether the safety valve may be plugged (see
Fig. J).
The safety valve on the bottom of the lid should move easily and must not
stick in place.
Cleaning the pressure control valve
1. Push and turn the valve cap
1
of the pressure control valve
16
to the
position for removing the valve cap
14
and pull the valve cap up and off
the lid
12
.
2. Pull the pressure control valve
16
on the pressure scale
15
up and off (see
Fig. I).
3. Clean the pressure control valve under running water.
4. Clean the bottom part of the pressure control valve on the inside of the lid
(see
Fig. J).
5. Put the pressure control valve back in the lid.
6. Put the valve cap back into the lid.
Make sure that the grooves of the pressure control valve and the grooves of
the valve cap are each placed in the corresponding guide in the lid.
7. Turn the valve cap of the pressure control valve and thus make sure that
you have inserted the pressure control valve and valve cap correctly and
whether the pressure control valve is able to move normally.
Maintenance and storage
Checking that the handles are secure
− Regularly check whether the pot handle
5
and the side handle
11
are
still secure (see
Fig. A).
