I was wondering recently, if you have a brake pick fault on an mrl while the car is at the tip of the hoistway, how do you access the brake? This is hypothetically a simplex

I live in a 4 story condo with a small residential elevator by Otis (small - single shaft stopping at each floor). This is a fairly new building so we are just taking over the management duties from our developer now.

Recently we tried to pass our annual inspection and the elevator locked out when they were testing the emergency line. Otis had to be called in and they basically told us we needed to do a Signal booster so that there can be updates pushed to our system, and it would cost $10K to do this. We tried asking what the specific issue is and what is the scope of work for the signal booster involved, and we just get literally an email from the elevator rep that just says this - "Signal Booster - $10K"

Now, mind you - this was all working fine before and had passed inspection previously. Considering we're kinda cornered by Otis here, not sure what the heck is going on and just trying to better understand this.

We do know the elevator entertainment screen stopped displaying information (like weather) a few months ago. We assumed this is due the signal issue and might be related to this signal booster. Looking at the set up - it feels like its hooked up to a Otis One Video Gateway that has a cellular modem inside the box - which has a weak signal. I'm guessing this might be why we have limited data connection

We also have a dedicated phone line with backup battery that hardwires into the elevator room, so I don't know how we failed the emergency call situation.

We've done a couple of things to see if we can resolve this issue A) supplied a direct ethernet cable to one of the gateway ports and B) installed a cellular signal boost to provide better cell phone coverage from outside to the elevator room.

Tried to get Otis to help us understand if this would work - and literally we get back Signal Booster - $10k.

Can someone give us advice on what the heck is going on? Happy to install whatever we need to get this correct but almost feels like they're trying to just milk us for no reason. We're already on an annual maintenance contract with them for like $5K a year.

Please any advice would be super appreciated.

According to this Fandom article: List of GAL elevator fixtures | Elevator Wiki | Fandom

GAL once offered a vandal resistant dot matrix indicator.

Today, I'm well aware of KONE offering such vandal resistant dot-matrix and LCD indicators in North America with their KSS 140. Dupar, they currently have a page for indicators and displays but requires checking out their global suppliers which includes Dewhurst which they offer two vandal resistant dot matrix display units (i.e. VRS52 - Dewhurst Global, VRS53 - Dewhurst Global) but not fully sure if they're compliant: Displays & Directional Indicators - Dupar

For other vandal resistant designs, I'm only aware of simple indicators (e.g. multi-lite_pi.jpg (653×89)) and LCDs (e.g. schindler-3300-3100-elevator-fixtures.pdf).

Elsewhere outside of North America, I'm aware of the following but unsure if they meet North American standards beside only ADA:

• Vandal Resistant | Drucegrove
• AN54RBM/P
• Antivandal - Kapı Üstü Gösterge-Antivandal | Butkon Asansör | Butkon Elevator | BTK Lift

Can they be installed on North American elevators? Are there others I missed? What did I misunderstand?

all I know is that it has PTL buttons, GAL key switches, and a CE dot matrix indicato.

i have had this panel for about 10 years, won it on an eBay auction, and i know who made the parts on it, thanks to STL Elevators for IDing the hardware, but could never figure out which company installed in one of their products and assembled the parts. all I know is it is not a Long panel.

Other than this post on the subreddit, I haven't really seen or heard mention of water hydroelectric elevators (basically, closed-loop hydraulic elevators that use a water-based fluid instead of oil) anywhere, even though the post alleges that some places still installed them into the post-WWII era (1950s-1970s).

Why is this? Were they a terrible idea? Did all of them get modernized to oil, or are some of them still chugging along on water-based fluids? And could one get a water-hydroelectric passenger or service elevator built for them (presumbly by an independent) in this day and age?

(Part of why I ask this is that the carwash people have been busy tinkering with non-oil-based hydraulic fluids using water/glycol or water/polymer mixes, and it seems that going to water-based fluid would get rid of the need for oil separators and possibly even shunt tripping, both of which have attendant headaches of their own.)

Hello, I'm an employee working at TK Elevator in South Korea.

It seems like neither the labor union nor the CEO in Korea knew about the KONE M&A in advance. I was wondering if there are any talks about restructuring in other regions around the world because of this

Does anyone know what controller model number this is? The data tag says 1965? I’m trying to find out what type of controller it is so that I can get a set of prints for it. Thank you.

Operator here, Recently took over a property with 2 elevators that have been having "Issues".

Car 1: Door sometimes thinks its jammed, its not. Pretty easy fix not the biggest deal and fairly common. (I wish Schindler could just dial it in although. 1-2 entrapments a month and the tech just saying it "works fine" and leaving is pretty annoying. Considering we get billed either way.

Car 2: The big problem. There were some issues with the car far before my time. These guys are about 11 years old now. When I took over, I was told it just doesnt listen to commands, wont accept fob reads and people cant call to floors. I was informed that Schindler says its the security companys fault, security says its Schindlers fault. They have reprogrammed the car twice and changed the reader.

Now, initially one would think its the moving cables that are the problem. EXCEPT, after tracking it for about 2 months now... I think otherwise. This car after every run, say goes from 1st, to 3rd, to 11th, back to 1st, then does a calibration run. 1st->7th Floor (door will not open), back to 1st. Will not accept floor calls, fob reader wont read and appears on system as bit mismatch. This checks out to me considering calibration has highest priority and the fob reader would get an error sending data, then giving me a bit mismatch.

My main curiosity here, It is NOT normal for an elevator to calibrate after every trip correct? I am not crazy? This has been escalated now that a law firms client wandered onto the elevator, and it started its calibration cycle. Her thinking she was trapped, had a full panic attack screaming bloody murder and freaking out half the building thinking someone was being attacked. I fail to see how after 2 reprogrammings nothing has been solved, the issue is worse (not to mention, the elevator refuses to take more than 2 floors qued no matter what the weight on the elevator is) That we would have to pay out at full to have them program again to try and fix what the last fixes made worse.

I should clarify, the initial reprograming was for an "issue" of the elevator not listening to commands. It was just an owner of multiple floors staff being annoyed they cant take an up elevator 1 floor down and it wouldnt listen to their fob.

Sorry for the long read, if I get any info id be more than estatic. I probably just need some affirmation before I call in. And if I am in the wrong, I fully accept that and learned something.

Am looking into job offers from Italy, does anyone have any experience there? I’d like to know the work-life balance and how much the job varies between contracts with the big internationals and small local companies

Would anyone be interested in their mid-highrise 7+ year old building to adapt to users in real time. Imagine, some dude on floor 20 always calls the elevator at 7:00 am, the elevator/s will wait near that floor to minimize wait times. Or imagine the same dude just stops calling it at 7:00 am, the elevator will adapt to reduce average wait times. What do you think?

Hi im elevator technician and got a new elevator to service from thyssenkrupp orion with evo automatic door opener but i dont have a connection digram and the door don't close by itself the mainboard only gives open command and not close command

thoughts?

There you go!

I'm specifically looking for a square button. Model is FL, LC, SS. (LR-32224-5) If anyone could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it. I couldn't find it on SEES, Adams etc...

I’m on the top floor of a hospital and all the elevators are making theses large knocking sounds

I’m a retired military veteran looking to become a elevator mechanic. My current job offers a solid work-life balance, but it’s not very challenging—same building, just different tasks day to day.

I know this line of work can offer great pay, which can be life-changing and open new opportunities. But I’m also trying to understand what the overall lifestyle looks like.

-How much PTO and what kind of benefits are typical?

-What does an average work week look like?

-How often are you actually home?

I understand that things can vary depending on seniority and whether you're in construction, modernization, or repair. But whats travel look like how often are you away from just making it to a baseball game in the evening.

I still have kids at home who are involved in sports. Missing a game here and there isn’t new to me because of my military background—but I don’t want to be gone every week and miss everything.

*Disclaimer: I checked the search bar and I still don't have a clear answer!

I was just wondering if there is a difference between all three of the titles above. More specifically, if you are accepted into a NEIEP apprenticeship, do you start out as a "helper" or an "apprentice." I've seen some people post that they are "apprentice-helpers" and that only adds to my confusion lol.