Elevator Forum

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newel rollers clogged with dust or missing teflon guides

if otis was one of the cheaper bids and you have a good relationship with the local office the relationship will get better if you award them with a m...

Holding plasma from the arc flash in a "dixie cup" is going to cause even more contact arcing, possibly a fire, not to mention a welded contact that w...

you guys have obviously never dug into a otis next-step escalator.

i forgot the "cant you do this at night?" comments. i always reply to those with the standard "can't you walk the stairs?" or "sorry for the inconveni...

"bet your job has a lot of ups and downs" good one, never heard that one before"is this safe to ride?" you and 3 other people are in the car"this elev...

sure pull the brake off and see what happens i bet you would change your mind.

add oil in the motor bearing cups and check the sliggers. had a 1926 2 speed ac motor do the same thing. added a teaspoon of oil and the thing hasent ...

dirty/misaligned detector? bad detector/fuse? does it happen all the time? certain floor? dcp/door close protection is just telling you it went into n...

why did it go on UCM? any other faults?place car on MR insp, hold the ucm reset button(middle of board toward the bottom) an you should hear the ucm r...

Is it being overloaded? Check your relief pressure.

otis is on wikipedia. we are coming up on the 160th anniversary of the company.

no clue christy those are about 60 years before my time.

check your main fuses a lot of guys used to put higher amp fuses to "let the smoke out" and find a problem coil. if i remember right 3 amp fuses are s...