Elevator man???? - Page 2 - Electrician Talk - Professional Electrical Contractors Forum

william1978 · 11-19-2009, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bobelectric

Reminder of a WHO song of a butler or a servent.

cobra50 · 11-19-2009, 11:15 PM

How soon do you need your material! I'm pretty busy to lunch time$$$$$$$$

nitro71 · 11-21-2009, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by steelersman

Don't do it. You'd have to join the union. The evil union. I don't kow of any elevator companies that are non-union.

I wouldn't be concerned whether it was union or not but whether they are looking for people and can you get a job doing it.

bobelectric · 11-21-2009, 04:50 AM

I asked a Marshall Elevator dude about their "Since 1886" logo.He said elevators were powered by water pressure,back then.

s.kelly · 11-21-2009, 10:43 AM

I installed a couple that were vaccuum powered up and controlled gravity descent down. Controlled leakage let the down. Really similar to the tubes at the bank drive thru. Cool, but particular installations. When we went to the training class, me and the other guy from the company both decided the first handful of installations would be a disaster. They were. Salesmen and GC's were not ready for this new idea.

william1978 · 11-21-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cobra50

How soon do you need your material! I'm pretty busy to lunch time$$$$$$$$

I have seen that happen before.

LawnGuyLandSparky · 11-23-2009, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by BuzzKill

Never worked for an elevator company but I have wired new elevator installations. The old installations are so freaking cool. The "computer" that runs the damn thing is like this 6 foot tall by 5 foot wide by 18 inch deep wiring jumble of contactors and contacts just going off like crazy when an elevator would start moving from floor to floor. Wish I had taken pix, I'll never see that again; the technology was early 1900's.

We still have DC powered elevators in NYC. I used to work in a pre-war building and took lunch in the elevator machine room. The interlocking of the various relays and the purr of the motor was like a symphony to me!