Elevator Forum

While I cannot give out a lot of information on this unit, I will tell you that the drive is now repairable through OSC. They recently announced an ex...

I experienced a similar problem with an Otis replacement jack assembly. When the jack was installed, there were several vertical scratches running in ...

I should add I did see it when it was originally installed to give it a thorough 'once-over' but not since.

My $.02--Noisy-You will be adjusting the valve on your belly-Very reliable when installed properly.I have one in my area that was installed by a very ...

A couple of facts about the Gen 2--The belts are conservatively rated by Otis. 25 years is the median they will quote. I have spoken with engineers th...

This wouldn't be on a Westinghouse machine, would it?

Otis has recommended carpet for many years. Get a length of carpet and secure it over the sheave. The carpet will absorb the oil and also clean off an...

I have seen them be problematic, and without a meter on them at the moment they trigger, you won't see anything. I had two that failed after 1.5 years...

One final note-these DDD boards were notoriously dodgy. Even after the Epoch 1 upgrades (positive controller pressurization, etc), this board, attache...

Check the board mounted to the governor (the DDD board if I remember correctly). When it gets flaky or unresponsive, it can generate problems such as ...

My sympathies to his family.Any idea who he worked for?

Schindler did this on their Miconic VM product. The drive logic power supply (120VAC as well) also fed the drive fan below the drive SCR bank and on t...

Schindler 321A, Otis MRVF, Anything KONE, and yes-light bulb leveling.

If there is no click at all, then it is the micros that are bad. They seem to fail at an alarming rate for me.

Do you even get a click when you press them? I have seen several of these screens in everything from 321As, 330As, and TX-R5s go bad. The button press...