Elevator Forum

all the newer otis 30T machines are the same brake setup. separate 125% arms and dual coils and are installed in cali

You also would have to deal with phase 2 operation and splitting the entrances also adding smokes for rear lobbies. That wiring change would trigger a...

I say good for him. The companies want to run us to our wits end with more and more units and less time and mechanics. The least they can do is let us...

looks expensive. just find a kid at the mall they trip those things all the time. they are good for handrail stall tests and entry tests too. 😉

the thump and squealing sound is a terminal/hoistway switch roller that is hitting and rolling on a cam that slows the car down at the top or bottom f...

forgot to mention the type of buttons you have are called touch tube buttons. they are extremely sensitive to heat and humidity at this age. the false...

ill try to answer some of the issues but without seeing the equipment its hard to say for sure. not knowing where these elevators are at makes it diff...

have worked on a couple of those and i can't remember anything about the skirt switches or comb impacts. more importantly i think there is a safety al...

Being an Otis repair guy for many years I can say that almost all of that vintage LRV's run 89fpm FLU max. People have been "pencil whipping" it for y...

we can drain a cap as long as we write a JHA before we wake up in the morning. drive to the job in our little HHR's and not run over any pedestrians b...

GCS is a short little controller that doesn't look like anything else out there. Its easy to spot.

most companies are switching back to controlled access to limit liability and company swapping. i don't care about readjusting a job after constructio...

the hall EFK switch is hard wired per code. the board i/0's are programmed via baseline software and are not field changable. have you checked your in...

faults when the elevator shuts down? and what encoder adjustment are you doing?