playing with and breaking the elevator at the king and queen street garage

[flippers229]

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[NEXPAR]

I did that as a kid back in the 1970s with several different elevators. On one I tried it and the car went up and I was then able to open the doors and see the shaft. The car would stop wherever it was when I opened the doors.

[justinpeng1998]

@NEXPAR some elevators are like that when you pry the landing doors open even by a few millimetres. Once I did that to a 1985 Fujitec and the lift stopped halfway from its ascent from the basement floor where I was so I just let it go in case the malfunction alarm went off (very deafening for Fujitecs). Another time I did it to a 90s era Otis and instead of going up, the lift actually reversed its direction and travelled back downwards when I held the door open for quite a long time

[FranceHopper]

Was this a Dover or an actually TK because if it's a TK I'm surprised as I though interlocks were no standard on elevators. Moral of the story: never ride a TK.

[crapper1]

this can be done with all brands of elevators Montgomery i think are more resistant to this but thyssens interlocks disengage alot sooner than most

the interlocks prevent the doors from opening when the elevator isnt there

[thyssenelevator95]

This is 100% impossible on Otis lifts because instead of the clutch going beside the pick-up rollers, it goes between them (called the 6940 interlock set), making it impossible to do on Otis lifts. Also, it is bad to try on Schindlers as they jam EASILY.

[neaelevator]

I have had that happen to a dover here. The large metal bar that you see on the right cab door has to be pressed inward to clear a part of the hall door. I thought I broke it too when it happened but used the stick of a mop to press in the part which cleared the door. Luckily the building was closed so I had time to figure it all out.

[NEXPAR]

Were you a janitor?

[neaelevator]

Nope just work in maintenance. The janitor closet was next to the elevator so that is where I found it.

[escalatorgeek881]

Was the buzz really that low?

[crapper1]

no the phone distorted the sound

[thyssenelevator95]

The hoistway door has to close because there is a spring on it that makes it close.

[dontwalkhand]

I think ThyssenKrupp makes ok elevators, they aren't meant to do that though, so of course it would fail.