Hydraulic Elevators
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This is the pit for the elevator located here, here, and here.
See anything in this pit that might be a code violation?!
After viewing all four images do you think it's time to require
acceptance inspections for private residence elevators?
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(1 of 3)
Bet you haven't seen too many of these triple jack arrangements?!
The hydraulic machine for this installation is located here.
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(2 of 3)
Another view...
The hydraulic machine for this installation is located here.
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(3 of 3)
...and another.
The hydraulic machine for this installation is located here.
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When your elevator lives in a glass house...you need to keep the pit clean!
Image provided by: Randy Harold
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Messy - yes...but the pit can is not overflowing!
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Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
See the hoistway for this elevator here.
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Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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An overspeed valve (safety valve or rupture valve) can be seen
between the pit shutoff valve and the cylinder.
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Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Somewhere in Brazil...where they have many shutoff valves and few buffers.
Note the sheave in the corner of the pit...?
Jerry Follen informs me that the strainer is also installed upside-down...
"The cleanout should always be at the bottom."
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I suppose that cinder block will last as long as the elevator...
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The sign on the 4 X 4 reads "MECHANICAL PROP"...
This looks like a roped hydraulic with a weighted governor in the pit.
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Hey...where's the car?
Image provided by: Al Means
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Hey...where's the pit?
Al says this jack assembly was actually for sale on the internet!!
Want to buy a hydraulic machine for this jack assembly?
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Image 16 
10 to 1 this guy is not an elevator technician...why?
1 - Stepladder in pit - why not use the ladder provided?
2 - Caution tape across entrance opening - we are not policemen.
3 - Board used to hold hoistway doors open - needlenose pliers fit in my pocket...not a board.
4 - Sign on corridor button - if we had to depend on people not pressing a button...
you would not be reading this now because I would have died many years ago!
My guess...he's a plumber fixing the sprinkler system.
At least from this angle he doesn't seem to need any Plumbers Butt Caulk!
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Swatch Elevator in Tokyo, Japan
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Image 18 (1 of 2)
A rather nasty looking pit...
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Image 19 (2 of 2)
Fixed!
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