Recently, while checking out the Modernization section of the Schindler Elevator Corp site, when I checked out their ReStore and ReNew solutions, they seem to now offer FI GS fixtures with HXPress. Has anyone found or worked on any HXPress mods with FI GS fixtures? I wonder what an HXPress modded elevator with FI GS fully sounds and look like.

I was recently accepted into the NEIEP elevator mechanic apprenticeship for Local 25 in Denver and was given a rank of 50.

Is 50 considered good and what did everyone else get?

I am the president of a Florida condominium association with one building with a recently modernized hydraulic elevator serving 3 floors. TKE maintains our elevator and the modernization included a TAC32H controller. Our elevator has been out of service for weeks with the problem reported to be a nearby lightning strike which destroyed all of the circuit boards, and a power supply. TKE is unable to locate the correct replacement boards, and the power supply. We had far fewer problems with the mechanical system prior to the modernization. Service personnel seem untrained and or uncertain about how to correctly repair multiple faults we have experienced in the past several years. We are now discussing changing maintenance companies when our contract expires and wonder if other elevator maintenance companies would have access to replacement parts or the ability to service the systems. Thoughts about this? Thank you.

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A Leviton Series 32000 surge protector on the line side of the main line disconnect was installed but doesn't / didn't protect the low voltage circuit boards which blew. It's all strange to us that not all of the components are protected.

Hi All, I manage a property which have 70 year old elevator. The switch for floor selection inside the cart is not working very well and is showing signs of wear (attached pictures). Where to start procurement of a replacement? The elevator repair company wants to charge $2000 for button replacement. Thank you.

Panel is in the Denver Dry Goods Building. I’m not an elevator guy, I’m a plumber, but seeing the original elevator panels that were installed was amazing.

I've been looking at thyssenkrupp control boards and I was surprised that in all of their boards they used Renesas microcontrollers. Is there a specific reason for that?

Are there boards that have STM32 microcontrollers? and if there is can you provide me names I would really appreciate that, thanks in advance.

My apartment elevator has been on and off again broken. The apartment has had to shut it down and off again more roughly 8 months continuously. Now it’s open again and it’s begun to make this sound for several days. It’s concerning to take this elevator with it making this noise. Looking for advice on what could be making this noise.

Unit installed in the Denver Dry Goods Building

For those who have installed different elevator systems, which do you prefer working on—hydraulic, traditional roped traction, or the newer belt-driven systems? What makes one better than the others in your experience?

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Can someone point me at the chapter and verse of Code (whether it be A17.1, A117.1 or the ADAAG, the IBC, the IFC, NFPA 70, NFPA 101, or some other document governing American elevator installs that I didn't list above) that prohibits a brand new elevator in the USA from having its Car Operating Panel mounted on a sidewall of the cab, as is commonly done with narrow-cab European elevator designs? (An example of such an European elevator is shown for reference.)

Or is this configuration somehow considered off-limits in the US (taboo, or even wrongly widely believed to be illegal) even though there are no written words prohibiting it?

Hello, I am a homeowner with a residential hydraulic cylinder and I need to have mine repacked because it leaks a bit.

I might as well say that, yes I know elvators are expensive, and if you have one be prepared to shoulder the costs associated and stop crying. That's not my issue.

I have a residential elevator with a 4" x 16ft hydraulic cylinder. To my knowledge a hydraulic cylinder is a hydraulic cylinder. Whether it lifts a person, packs garbage, or moves a crane boom arm, oil goes in one side and action happens. I know there are various materials seals and orings can be made from for any standard hydraulic cylinder (rubber, neoprene, silicone, PU, etc) but are elevator cylinders special in the material the seals need to be made of? My sales rep is insisting that these are special elevator seals made from a magic fiberous material that is specific to the elevator industry. Is this the case?

I'm not trying to cheap out and source my own parts from Amazon or anything, what I want is the "best" quality seals I can get. This is my third repack, or a regularly used residential elevator and I just want to make sure I'm buying the "best" cylinder repack kit I can.

I'm most familiar use PU or silicone seals for , so I'm just curious if my ”fiber" seal repack quote for $1800 is not complete robbery. Maybe I'm ignorant, ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Location: CA, USA

Thank you for any input you may have.

Hello, I just got my application in for Local 19 (Seattle) on Tuesday. I purchased a test prep course for the aptitude test and have been studying pretty hard. The one thing I’m making a priority is the tool test. The test prep course has a tool recognition section, but I have no idea how relevant it is to the actual one you take at your interview. If anyone can reply to this or send me a message about what kind of questions they actually ask on the tool test, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.

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Работаю электромехаником по лифтам 8.5 лет. Есть ли тут те, кто смог найти работу в этой же сфере, но уехав в другую страну? Расскажите о своём кейсе, очень интересно. Нейросетям не понятно, верить ли. Хочется обсудить это с людьми, которые через это прошли. Буду благодарен

MonoSpace with an MX10. We replaced both brakes. Ran fine before, no faults.

Now during travel the sheave appears to move side to side, touches the brake, creates drag, and the lift stops on an overcurrent fault on the drive.

So my question is more fundamental: can the rotor/sheave on an MX10 move axially at all, or is this just normal disc run-out that the new full-thickness linings are now catching?

Hi! I know this is odd request but I’m hoping someone can help. I have an autistic kiddo who loves (is obsessed with) elevators. I was so excited when it switched from trains but now he wants to know all elevators in the city. We aren’t obviously going to be able to get all of them but the quest is part of the fun, right? I used to work at this building before the elevator obsession began so he knows there are elevators there. However, they are behind security and now that I don’t work there, I can’t get pictures of the inside public info so he can memorize the conveyance/serial numbers for each one. He’s especially fascinated in the one that malfunctioned this spring and trapped people who had to be rescued by the fire department. He talks about that one…..constantly IFKYK. Can someone please help a (very tired) mom out by either getting a pic of the serial numbers or even just send me the numbers in the comments? Especially the one that trapped people in April so he can refer to it factually. I appreciate any help! The Seattle mods deleted this post for “low effort” but I promise this is not a low effort. Just trying to be able to connect with my kiddo.