The condominium community I live in has 5 buildings, each with a single Schindler elevator. Each of the four four-story buildings has a model 300A hydraulic elevator. The other building is five stories and has a model MPH2 hydraulic elevator.
We have heard anecdotally that it would cause less wear and tear on the elevators if they were always returned to the bottom landing after use. For example, if a passenger rode up to the 4th floor, upon exiting the elevator he should push the “1” button so the cab would return to the first floor rather than have it stay at the 4th floor until the cab was called again.
Would this result in less strain on the elevator and lessen the chance that repairs would be needed? Or would the extra trips caused by always returning the cab to the first floor result in more wear on the elevator system? In terms of useful life of the elevator and the need for more repairs, does it matter one way or the other whether the cab is always returned to the first floor or left at the floor where the passenger exited?
Thanks.
You’ve got plenty of up and down traffic in the mornings and evenings and forcing the cab back to the bottom does not increase the useful life of the systems...at all, so best to leave that one alone.
You can though have cab lighting that turns itself off after say 10 minutes of idle cab time (its adjustable time) and turns on when a call is registered. Now that might be extending the life of your interior lighting...but that’s about it.