Safety
EN
Your pressure cooker is provided with a number of safety mechanisms:
•Safe closing:
-The jaws must be in contact with the edge of the lid. If not, steam will escape from underneath the pressure indicator (D) and steam will not build up.
•Safe opening:
-If the pressure cooker is under pressure, the Opening/Closing handle (F) cannot be operated.
-Never force the pressure cooker to open.
-Especially do not take any action on the pressure indicator (D).
-Make sure that the pressure inside it has dropped.
-If you have put the Opening/Closing handle (F) in vertical position, while the pressure cooker was still under pressure, you cannot open it.
-Move the Opening/Closing handle back to the horizontal position and wait until the pressure indicator (D) is in low position.
•Two excess pressure safety features:
-First feature: the safety valve (E) releases the pressure - fig. 19.
-Second feature: the seal allows the pressure to be released between the lid and the pan - fig. 20.
If one of the two excess pressure safety systems is triggered:
•Turn off the heat.
•Allow the pressure cooker to cool down completely.
•Open it up.
•Check and clean the operating valve (A), the steam release outlet (B), the safety valve (E) and the seal
(I) - fig. 15 - 16 - 17.
•If after checking and cleaning your product leaks or does not work, have your pressure cooker checked by a TEFAL Approved Service Centre.
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