Elevator Forum

Thank you uppo72....Is there a building code on how much space there has to be between the elevator cab's roof and and the ceiling of the shaft once t...

Originally Posted By: JustWolf At the extreme end of nomal travel in both directions safety circuit stops the car, and will not restart with ELEVATOR ...

Originally Posted By: JustWolf The car would not have lowered if the case was that it slipped traction in the up direction. If it was overspeeding in ...

@uppo72, thank you for taking time to read my thread.Speaking of electrical glitches, I actually have a question about one: I recall once someone once...

Quote: In summary, you took three unrelated scenarios and tried to weave them into a workable possibility. Essentially...yes.Assuming those scenario...

And finally, I would like to reveal some of the links to incidents, which have lead me to asking my scenario question... just so you guys know where I...

Thank you guys so far for all your reply's.As Broke Sheave has pointed out, I'm starting to get the hint that the answer to my question might not be e...

Originally Posted By: sbrmilitia This is dumb, Rope Gripper, CWT safeties, buffers, car safeties, buffer.....Elevators aka redundant safety factors in...

@Postal...If you are suggesting I might be some sort of a lawyer looking for some mega settlement, let me put you at ease...I wish I was a lawyer, but...

Ok...I was able to find the link for the machinery crashing down on the car.I could not find a separate link, so this link gives you a list of 10 elev...

pk125...Yes I'm aware of the barrel of bricks urban legend.I think it was on Mythbusters when they put it through the test and found out that it was f...

Thanks for your reply Johny....The reason I thought this would be possible is, that I have stumbled across a documented case on the internet a while a...