Elevator Forum

the swifts love their sequence. good find! if I remember right 94 is nts? it is always one of those nuisance fault codes. a lot of guys hide by moving...

Something that is not done enough is checking for AC component on your power supply. Measure the DC then switch the meter to AC. Anything above 25mv i...

TAC 50 is more like Swift 5000, Meridia has more of a PLC look with modules kinda like the Omega 1000, kinda. Only the slotted limits (vanes) are the ...

very similar. they have turned into more of a hydro now. your IO's are modules with I think 10 ports (installed several 10 years ago). everything is d...

check your sequence. make sure your DPM is at 4" then your gate contact, then your lock then dcl. if your "timing" is off you will get that fault. for...

Just saw that you had generator work done. Guess old age is setting in! Had a motor shop recently rework a generator and it was blowing the OL, sparks...

Machine mechanically ok? Had one with bearings requiring oil (which no one checked) and the front bearing seized on the motor. Dashpot oil level ok? F...

I installed/adjusted their first 805's, what a fiasco! Swift flew me to NY because they were having problems too. Turns out they were 2:1 and spinning...

Had same and turned out that someone had had extra satin cable and rolled it up in gutter. It was going to bottom floor hall station.

Don't think you're special! Line forms to the left. We've ALL been there.

"Pulse" unit attaches to each lay and monitors continuity. Disconnect the unit to simulate a broken lay.

Had a similar situation. Went to do a load test on a non-contract 1930's Otis geared. Found the governor frozen so bad, it took a half an hour with a ...

verify with a meter the state of you DCL. A lot of times as the cam/nylon pin are close to dropping, the wiping of the contact can "break" your DCL si...

Brake Pick Switch time issue on the pick/drop? I thought they had a brake decay voltage/time for the brake drop. Maybe a race between MC and Brake Swi...

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