VII. Maintenance.
Please clean the pressure cooker, add to water and heat half an hour before
first time using, by means of cleaning bad smelling.
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Maintenance of the whole cooker.
·Clear away the dirt.
·Then wipe off the water and keep the cooker dry.
·Don’t scrape the cooker surface with hard material such as metal to avoid
abrasion.
·Don’t touch the cooker with other kinds of metal to avoid electro chemical
corrosion.
·Don’t store food inside the cooker for a long time.
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Maintenance of the sealing ring(fig. 12):
·Remove the sealing ring from the lid. Clear away the dirt from the ring and
the lid with hot water or washing chemical preparation.
·Wipe off the water and keep the sealing ring dry.
·Put the sealing ring back to the lid. Not using the cooker to avoid the
sealing ring being squeezed (Separate from the cooker lid and the cooker
body).
Fig.12
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Maintenance of the safely open-preventing valve, the
pressure-limiting valve and the steam-releasing pipe.
Check the steam-releasing pipe and the safety open-preventing valve. If it
is blocked; Clear away or the dredging needle, then wash and rinse the pipe
with water.
Special dismantling as follows: (fig.13)
Fig.13
Fig.14
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The pressure-limiting valve: pull out the pressure valve by hand and
cleaning as Fig.14
Safety open-preventing valve: Switch anticlockwise safety valve with
spanner, then dismantle it(fig 14). Then wash it cleaning as Fig.15
Problem
Steam comes out from the
underside of the lid
Lid can’t fix properly
When cooking, the sealing
ring is suddenly forced out from
the safety valve window and
steam drain out.
1. The safety function of the sealing
ring is working. Maybe other device
has lost its function.
2. The sealing ring is aged and has
lost its function.
1. Take away the cooker. After it is cool, clean
and check all the safety devices. Change
the ones which have lost its functions.
2. Change the sealing ring.
2. The safety valve has lost its
function.
2. Change safely open preventing valve.
1. Sealing ring is dirty.
The shape of the lid changed.
Change the lid
Steam and liquid leaks from
the safety valve suddenly.
1. The steam-releasing pipe was
obstructed. The safety function
of the locking pin is working. The
release hole of pressure-limiting
valve is blocked.
1. Take the cooker away from the fire
and dredge the release hole. After it is
cool, take down the pressure-limiting
valve and clean the hole of pressure-
limiting valve.
1. Clean the sealing ring, cooker mouth
and lid.
2. Sealing ring is too old.
2. Change the sealing ring.
Potential cause
Solutions
