Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
I have a Fagor 8 qt pressure canner. I have canning supplies, but haven't tried canning yet. I'm concerned about the weighted pressure valve. I assume it is for sea level and not this altitude. How can I find out? Should I just try and contact the company and order a new one? My mom has had this pressure cooker for 20ish years and gave it to me.
The gauge is measuring the pressure of the internal not external. You have 0 at rest and pressure climbs as time/temp increase. 20 lbs of pressure / PSI is 20lbs of pressure.