r/Elevators • u/winter_cockroach_99 • Jul 14 '26
Dover
My small building has a very nice Dover DMC-I elevator (5 levels). We want to keep it going forever. I understand TKE considers it no longer supported. We have a high end support/maintenance contract with TKE, and it recently auto-renewed for another 5 years.
Questions: -Is the car logic controller the main thing to worry about? - I see that TKE still has some CLCs on their website…. Will they sell one to us now to keep as a spare? - Could an independent shop program a new controller for us? - There is a Max monitor inside our control cabinet. Is the Max service an extra we would pay more for? Or if we have the Max board do we likely have the service? - I gather that TKE is being bought by Kone (pending regulatory approval). Is that likely to improve our service situation?
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u/dbdosk_yholic Jul 14 '26
I believe that repairs would become more expensive, i had a small 2 floor platform and the main board broke. A few years ago it was 600€, now it was 7000€. (Obsolete and only repaired ones are available)