Anesthesia Exhalation Valve Test and Repair
The exhalation valve is a simple unidirectional flutter valve with a 22mm male connector. A light thin disc seats horizontally on a circular knife-edge. A removable clear dome covers the top of the valve so that the disc can be observed. A guide, incorporated in the dome, prevents the disc from becoming dislodged.
Exhaled gas enters the valve through the breathing circuit port, raising the disc from the knife-edge seat. The gas then passes under the dome and through the absorber canister or is vented out the APL valve. The exhalation valve opens on exhalation and closes on inhalation.

Check that valve disks are operating properly by observing movement during breathing cycles.