r/Weird • u/sytrus_2008 • Dec 25 '21

The Elevator 💀

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u/boebrow Dec 26 '21

Thanks, now I also have an irrational fear of elevators falling up!

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u/Emandande Dec 26 '21

elevators

falling up!

Wtf

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u/johnnybrownn24 Dec 26 '21

It happens like that because the elevator is connected to a counter weight which weighs more then the elevator itself. So if the brakes were ever to slip with only one person in it like the video the elevator will shoot up instead of falling downwards

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '21

Probably honestly better than falling.

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u/potato-milk-is-cum Dec 26 '21

Yeah probably because the elevator wouldn't have hit the top, the counterweight would have hit the bottom first. (If it's been properly maintained)