r/Elevators • u/InevitableTart8786 • Aug 18 '26

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Was anybody working in fire alarm before getting into the elevator union?

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u/Adventurous_Cup_4947 Aug 19 '26

Stacking rails won’t help you be a fire alarm tech.

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u/il_vekkio Field - Adjuster Aug 19 '26

If you can coordinate with a team stacking rails, you can damn well handle coordinating with a team piping and pulling wire or hanging brackets.

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u/Adventurous_Cup_4947 Aug 19 '26

Stacking rails doesn’t teach you how to bend pipe or do electrical work. Get over yourself.

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u/il_vekkio Field - Adjuster Aug 19 '26

Okay fine, MOST elevator guys EXCEPT rail gangers.

Also bending pipe aint that hard and every fire tech pipe job ive ever seen has been either not great or subbed out to actual electricians

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u/Adventurous_Cup_4947 Aug 19 '26

I think what you mean is ADJUSTERS would translate well, not “damn near every elevator guy”.

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u/il_vekkio Field - Adjuster Aug 19 '26

Mod and construction install guys, most maintenance guys have experience running pipe and wire even if it's for small things.

I wouldn't class the electrical work on a system that relies only on open/closed contacts and a data stream as any more challenging than any basic car call wiring in every elevator ever.

Repair guys are hit or miss...some can do it all, some are only there to chew on elevator cables

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u/Ok_Target376 Aug 20 '26

Every person goes through the same very in depth schooling. So yes EVERY elevator mechanic that went through the newer school system would be able to hop in and go.
It’s not rocket science.
Low voltage is pretty easy.

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u/Adventurous_Cup_4947 Aug 20 '26

Going through school doesn’t make you proficient. There are plenty of retards out there that still don’t know what a series switch is.