Elevator Forum

Composite? Oh how I hate composite. I would rather have 100 ERL's.. Actually, I have about 10 TIV's on my route, I would say screw those generators in...

I don't think company's are going to approve the TOJ. I like the idea because of the fact that it could prevent an accident. I don't think companies a...

Also always make sure your running relays, 23, 32, 65s get up in both directions.

Yes 38, 438, 55 + SA0T and SA01 or B1 pick 34 master slowdown relay.

438 should only fire for a hall call. See why 34's are picking at every floor in the up direction. It's probably an opposite direction back contact in...

Is the OL a proximity switch?

I've heard the same about the vf16L drive being incapable of picking the load back up off of the safeties. The Kone guy I talked to says he keeps chai...

Use the test switch on the TDC board in the car station, that'll rule out the board.

Finally fixed all the shorts and grounds and got the car running. It ran for over a day and then trapped someone. Reportedly it was "running the shaft...

Not really a trick but dirty.. picked up 2 Westinghouse ERL cars and on one cars all 4 regulator fuses were jumped, had the wires off the fuse holders...

I've seen some jobs where the Inspector required a camera located in the hoistway showing the governor sheave. IMO, you need to be able to see the dri...

Sorry but if you can't figure out a way to know if an elevator is going up or down (MRL or not), I don't think you should be working on elevators - mu...

17= Motion Time Out (AST)981= NTSD Overspeed Error in Terminal Zone

I know on a Hollister Whitney machine a bad encoder will make it sound like there is gravel in the motor.

Oops sorry Vic, read that wrong. I have some units in parking garages with under the tank valves and I put a clip on 100w light bulb next to the valve...