How do you fill it completely full with 3L when the fill lid is BELOW the 3L fill line?
275773
You hold it by the handle and fill it flat. From my experience this bladder carries slightly more than 3l of water. One trick to keep the water from sloshing around is by sucking out all the air bubbles.
306217
When filling the top, make sure the bottom chamber is not full. If you put more water in the top chamber when the bottom is full, you may overfill the bottom chamber.The Berkey Guy
1102686
If it leaks, you have over filled it. Read the directions. Also, taking the rubber seal out, rinsing it, and fitting it back in will help as well. There is a max fill line. No liquids over the line. Its a great machine. I flipping love mine.
1262974
Pull up on the top lid. Then lift off the little clear plastic piece (don't throw it away). Then pull off the bottom black piece and set it on top with the open part over the side you want to fill. After filling, replace all of the pieces to where they came from. When using the grinder, you need to have the bottom piece off but leaving it on for storage prevents spillage.
98652
Yes, by all means fill it from the top. Here's how I do it when I feel that it is near empty is when the pump squirts very samll amount of liquid: (1) llift out to remove the pump. (2) use a long chop stick or a similar long stick (make sure the stick is long enough so that you can pull it bvack out) and drop the stick in the fill hole; -this is to determine the approximate amount of the remaining content; -similar to what you do when checking the oil in your car. (3) use a funnel to add the approximate amount of liquid soap. Be careful not to overfill it. Hope this helps.
1254722
The clear top comes off and the re-fill is on the bottom of it, just screw the lid off and fill it up. I would not recommend this unless you are going to use it in a VERY small room.
1262975
The top pulls off and the you use the bottom to fill each side. Here is a video showing you just how to do it: http://youtu.be/VYrFpbAkhtI
1262973
No, you don't fill from the bottom. You fill from the top after removing the dial by pulling straight up. Watch this video carefully and you will see it is very easy. (The bottom lid is used as a funnel.). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYrFpbAkhtI&sns;=em
1306385
We use a blue bucket to fill it with the pour lip on it. We put the fill plug in take the top off and fill it.
379819
I filled to the minimum line (very hard to see) and then poured into a measuring cup. It is 3/4 of a cup. I do not use that much and I never have a problem.
1832346
There is a little squiggly line inside the green part near the lip of the fountain. the directions say to fill it to that line. Hope this helps
1038498
I haven't. Make sure you don't overfill the drum as it can get warm by the time you're done. I don't fill mine more than about 3/4 full. I also don't leave the lid and O-ring in place when not using.
391999
No mostly filled . You need the pressure from mostly (three quarters to full)
892791
There is a small circular valve on the bottom. Any regular can of butane lighter fluid should work. Press the can into the hole and it will begin to fill with fluid. There will be some fluid that escapes while you are filling, that is normal.
1428478
Using boiling water in the 2nd 3L pot works the best but depending on what is being cooked some foods don't need the extra heat and you can place one 3L pot inside and then fill up the empty space with a big hot pad over top which will hopefully fit tight and then stuff a few dish towels in to fill up the empty space and help insulate and keep the heat down in the 3L pot. It won't work to put just the 3L in by itself as the heat will wick out of the pot into the empty space inside the thermal cooker quite quickly.
629095
First, only fill half way so there is enough air space in the container to hold some air pressure. Pump a few times until the pressure on pump is firm but not tight.Second, hold closer to pan.
86849
I've filled to slightly below the minimum line and it works fine. I think if volume gets too low, the spin disk will push most of the milk up the wall so it won't be heated or frothed very well. I haven't tested to see how little volume will still work well.