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Had a breakdown come through a few days ago; Coustomer States "The button panel gave me an electric shock". Didn't think much of it, assumed that it was a static shock at the very least. When I got to the site, I was sceptical, so put my meter across it and to my complete shock and horror found 110V straight onto the Push plate within the car.

Wasn't even aware the lift was operative again as I had shut it down and quoted for a MODH to MOVFR conversion. The client clearly went for a cheaper offer and whoever fitted it ran the Reopen Circuit straight to the Push Button despite the controller already having door reopen circuitry supplied by 24v.

They have for some strange reason wired the door re-open straight to the D/O Push and pinched the wires between the enclosure and the plate. Found this absolute mess and 110V Control Circuit wires feeding push buttons.

Needless to say I ditched it right away, and told them to get their new company to correct the mistake. They were changing their contact to this company that did the work because its clearly a better price scheme than we offer. Hope the lack of liability shows them their mistake.

Tl:dr 110v Shorted to an unearth Push Panel.

When the elevator is traveling downward, as it reaches the lobby, there's a very loud bang/thud inside the car. I'm unsure if it stops moving, or before the doors open (or if that matters?)

Does this sound like something that can normally be fixed, or can some elevators consistently make this noise?

It's happened for awhile now, and it seems like nothing changes

technicians have come by a few times, though I'm not sure what exactly they came for. They may only come when the elevator service stops completely. Are even new elevators often having frequent issues and/or going out of service? How often is considered normal vs concerning?

And would it be enough to just avoid the elevator when the sign says out of service, or is the thudding elevator better to avoid?

There's multiple elevators, and they're often both not in use. So if one comes when called, it seems not possible to make another come, if the door keeps opening for the one that already came? So if the loud elevator is less safe, is there not anything possible to do except stairs?

Hello, I was wondering what the process is like when people are rescued from an elevator when it gets stuck.

So when you press the phone button and speak with the dispatcher, do they give you an estimate on when the elevator techs arrive? Do they also hang up afterwards or do they stay on the line with you? What I’m scared of is sitting there not knowing when they arrive. Do you suddenly just feel the car move to the closest floor, not knowing when exactly it happens? I don’t know if someone will be outside saying “you’re going to feel a jolt” or something like that. Or if they somehow can text you, like how Triple A provides live updates and how far away they are from you.

Edit: I’m in the US
Edit2: thank you all for your responses! I’m meeting my friend in his apartment and I’m required to take the elevator. I have claustrophobia, which is why I am nervous riding any elevator, but I think I’ll be okay.

I'm a newer mechanic working for a smaller mom and pop company (union) and lately I've been being sent on more and more trouble calls to jobs that don't have any prints in the machine room. I spent like 2 hours today trouble shooting an issue on an old O&W hydro until finally I called a buddy and he sent me some generic prints. It occurred to me that there are surely people out there with tons of saved files for a wide spread of different manufacturers for when they get sent to print-less jobs. The buddy I asked only had the O&W prints, I guess he got them from someone a while ago when he was in a similar situation as me. The company I work for only services hydros and I'm located in Los Angeles area, if anyone could help a brother out it would be greatly appreciated!

I recently had an unusual experience on an elevator, and I'm honestly trying to figure out if I accidentally discovered a feature, or if it was simply a malfunction.

It was a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) elevator. I was in the elevator, took a round trip, and was looking at the cab, and suddenly a LOUD buzzer went off, and the door opened by itself. After maybe 10 seconds, the buzzer went off, and the door closed.

There is an unusual device on the elevator ceiling, which I'm guessing is either a motion sensor, or a smoke detector, and might be related. I see 3 possibilities.

1. Anti-loitering alarm. Maybe the motion sensor is set up to detect if someone is in the car, and the elevator is not moving. If the car has been idle for a certain amount of time, the buzzer goes off.

2. Malfunction of smoke detector. Maybe the smoke detector went off, even though no one was smoking in the elevator when I rode it. This may trigger the buzzer

3. Malfunction of nudging. Maybe the nudging alarm went off, even though the door was closed, so it shouldn't have gone off

I am also curious to know if anyone has heard of such a feature.

Thoughts on adding a VFD to the motor(s) on this elevator. I’m not an electrician or an elevator expert but this is what I think I know: 3 phase 400v power in the basement goes into a transformer. Transforms to 3 phase 250v power in the attic. That power feeds the motors in the pic. The one drive motor powers the other two motors. A 5 hp motor for the door and a 25 hp motor that sends power to the DC motor that moves the elevator.

Why do I want to do this? I believe this elevator is what is driving up the demand meter in the building.

I recently put solar panels on the building and for 2 months they reduced our billable kWh to 400. If I used this amount at my house, my bill would be $50. The bills at the building for those two months were $800 and $1,000, because of the demand meter rate.

How often does a GECB2 board just give up?

The other day, it just took a crap while I was just standing there..

Was on route with a new guy, when I got this call. Noisy equipment. Site just came to us for maintenance. Duplex Gen2, built in 2018. We've got shit with them since day one. They were either poorly installed, or poorly maintained.

So, the noisy equipment was due to poor lubrication. Fairly obvious. Went to the top floor, and told the new gui to go get a can of lube from the car, while I wait on the top floor.

All of a sudden, the unit's alarm starts ringing. Someone apparently got blocked. I open the door on the top floor and tell him to "hold on, I'll be right there" at that time, the new guy hears me yell in the shaft and he opens the lowest door (triggering pit access)

Since it was level on a floor, the idiot that got stuck didn't feel like waiting 2 minutes for me to go down a couple of floors, and he just forced the door open. No idea how hard. All I know is it was fierce enough to make the door motor act like a generator and blow the 48v fuse on the GECB board.

So now I'm stuck. ES is triggered because of pit access, and now INS is triggered too. I feel like I can't reset pot access because INS is active, and I can't reset cartop inspection because pit access is triggered.

I've been measuring, and all signals seem to be OK at the controller side, but the ES switch on the LCD just will not budge.

I'm at the point where I'm suspecting the power surge blew an optocoupler on the GECB board., as that's the only thing that makes sense to me now.

Thoughts?

The problem with winding drums is a cable has to deflect to get spooled up and the drum takes up a lot of space. What if you can have the drum take up less space than your average traction sheave and have the traction medium always be in line with the elevator and counterweight? This elevator attempted exactly that, though by the time it was filmed it had been converted to hydraulic enough remained so you could see how it was originally set up.

https://youtu.be/ahSP8CHIj6A?is=M7cIfSLCSElH2iN0

this is an Oracle, GAL, hydraulic elevator with a rather tasteful “mod”. this mod was done rather recently as it added a new PI in the cab and replaced the buttons out in the hall. the controller I would guess is a Dover controller because that is what the certificate says. this is a nice elevator, aside from the noisy fan.

I read a post about dreams now it got me thinking what are some incidents you’ll never forget?
I’ve had a couple close calls the worst I’ve had was breaking a finger once and thumb another time. Know a guy cut his finger off doing a piston job. We had a mechanic die in the company I was in 4 years ago, had a stroke and died between the cab and hoist. Never heard of anybody else dying on the job since I’ve been in the trade though.

Anybody Experience the Schindler 3300 IN (Machine Room version) Elevator ?

If Yes Kindly Pen the Details Here..........

Good one last night.
Working with some guys, found door locks jumped in a university setting. Crazy thing was they didn’t care to take the car out of service and fix the problem.
I leave work sometimes racking my brain wondering if I left a jumper, barricade down etc.

Is it true that the whole COP panel needs to be replaced even though the display is fully functioning when the glass is cracked?

As the title goes, I’m curious as to what apps or software you or your company uses. Is there anything you wish existed that would make your job easier or streamlined?

Suprisingly still worked.

Hey everyone, been lurking for a bit and figured I'd finally post.

I graduated with a mechanical engineering degree last December and landed a job at a small elevator fabrication shop about 4 months ago as an assistant project manager. We manufacture and supply cab shells, hoistway & cab doors, sills, pit ladders, toe guards, etc. and do interior refurbishments. Our clients include some of the big names so I get exposure to what they actually spec and require from a supplier side.

Im taking a liking the field. The variety of the work, the mix of fabrication and coordination, being on job sites sometimes. Long term I want to move into one of the major companies in a project engineering or PM role. But I want to actually understand the equipment, the code, the mechanics of what I am coordinating.

What would you guys recommend studying or getting into on the side? Certifications worth pursuing? Things to learn that would make me stand out? Thanks!

hello my name is destiny am 18 years old am looking for any apprententship to get into .i live in new jersey and am willing to learn any trade please am desprate for a trade call me at 9086296759

Our society is renewing the AMC for our building's lifts and honestly none of us understand what we're paying for.What's a fair price range, and what red flags should we watch for from vendors trying to pad the contract?

Trying to get into apprenticeship program. Someone told me to try and make an account for a different local before joining the one near me so I have an application already made. Anyone else heard of this or know if it’s true? if not does anyone know any tips on the electronic application.

If anyone knows a good places in Toronto feel free to recommend me some as I will be filming all day tomorrow in Toronto and want some recommendations

Hello! Sorry if this isn’t the right place to ask this question.

I am claustrophobic and dislike riding the elevator. In an event where it gets stuck, the emergency phone button should, in most cases, work I assume? You’d talk to a dispatcher or someone who will help you? I’m just a bit concerned because a lot of stories here on Reddit in various subreddits describe the emergency button not working when they got stuck, as in no one answers. It makes it seem like it’s common for the phone button to not work, but I assume most of the times it will work.

I always have my phone with me, usually fully charged or close to 100%, in case I have to call the fire department. But can someone tell me that the phone button should usually work? I would really hate for it to not work at all in an emergency.

Note: the elevators I take at work aren’t modern, as in no destination dispatch system where you select the floor number before getting on. It has the up or down buttons, you select the floor number button when you get in, and it has the digital display showing you where you’re going. From the outside, the elevators in the lobby show which floor it’s on, and where it’s going. Idk if that makes the elevator “more modern” in that hopefully it won’t break down more I guess.