Otis Service Traction Elevators @ Westin St. Francsi Tower

[FanManLover]

wow are those touch sensitive buttons?

[SuperFlight88]

@FanManLover Yep!

[elevatortraction]

Nice one! Seems like you thought you were going to get busted for being in those elevators but they all left you alone! Very nice catch! See my videos for a few Otis elevators with those same fixtures!

[mas90009]

nice buttons

[Elavators123]

very nice fixtures wish otis made a new

version of those touch sensitive fixtures

[djFadeOut122]

nice elevator, but no 13th floor!

[mintz515]

I wish there was a 13th Floor at a Hotel.

[mintz515]

Was that a ABUS Lock at 2:59 in the Video?

[ElevatorMan2012]

I wish touch sense fixtures were put on more elevators these days...

[georgef551]

If it didn't make these bonifide death traps....

Heat-Sensitive buttons are a major fire hazard.

[elevatorman138]

But thay can kill you if theres is a fire

[alpaljl]

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dieselducy]

ive heard that, how are they a danger in a fire?

[georgef551]

Because they are Heat-Sensitive buttons.

If there's a fire in the hall, the fire will trigger the hall station buttons, and the elevator will go directly to the engulfed floor, and will not leave. This is why they tell you to never use an elevator in a fire.

It's kind of outdated nowadays, but using the stairs in a fire is safest, since you won't get trapped if power goes out, like in an elevator.

[alpaljl]

You have a really good point! I have new footage and they are being modernized.

[georgef551]

That's the sad thing is, you loose the "Cool Factor". If the heat-sensitive buttons had a normal backlight (like many do), they could leave the ones in the elevator alone, and just do the call stations. Otis should do a throwback to those, except a short-travel push button, to sort-of mimmick the buttons of old.

[bearlovesox]

the light is a vacuum tube. if it over heats it explodes! That is how they can kill you in a fire.

[georgef551]

That, too. Good point!

The reason the fire itself can kill you is that it calls the elevator. Since it's always being "pushed", it'll never leave. Either way, actually BOTH will happen, and the end result is the same.

[hotelexploring]

This is cool.

[lilbrian97]

i really hate those touch buttons, once i tripped and saved myself but hit like eight more floor buttons

[mrmattandmrchay]

Really cool lift (elevator!).

It's annoying when someone enters the lift whilst filming! Why is everyone so friendly in the US? (in the UK you only speak to someone if you know them, or it feels strange - this sucks!)

[thyssenelevator95]

Nice touch fixtures!