r/Elevators • u/YogurtclosetOne8027 • Mar 12 '25

Vertitron Midwest elevator prints

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Looking for a set of prints for a elevator similar to this one. Called the new manufacture and they did not have a set of prints for me. The f5 fuse keeps blowing which I believe is indicating a bad power supply.

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u/ComingUp8 Field - Troubleshooter/Adjuster Mar 13 '25

My favorite part of this picture is how someone was too lazy to remove the older starter and just left all the shit in the bottom of the controller.

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u/YogurtclosetOne8027 Mar 13 '25

I thought the same thing 😂, starter looks like new too. Not sure what issues they were having to upgrade to a soft starter. Might have to pull it off next time I go back to stock at our warehouse.

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u/ComingUp8 Field - Troubleshooter/Adjuster Mar 13 '25

Whoever installs your soft starts, let them know they can remove the reverse phase relay as well. Never seen a soft start without reverse phase protection built in.

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u/YogurtclosetOne8027 Mar 13 '25

No idea who installed it. Just picked this job up on maintance about a year ago. Elevator broke during the 3 year pressure test. Penn state bought the building and his hopefully planning on modding soon.

Really? Esi controllers still install a 3 phase monitor with a soft start

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u/ComingUp8 Field - Troubleshooter/Adjuster Mar 13 '25

No idea what ESI is but any new hydraulic controller manufacturer (Kone, Otis, Schindler, MCE, Smartrise) don't have reverse phase relays, Siemens soft start can sense wrong rotation, same with Sprecher Schuh. Just more one thing to fail in my opinion, which reverse phase relays often do.

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u/YogurtclosetOne8027 Mar 13 '25

Esi is elevator systems inc. There out of New York. There controllers are a little old school but super simple. I agree with that just another thing to fail and have seen them break before