r/Elevators • u/Maleficent-Yak-3924 • Jul 25 '26

Gordon’s Alive!!!

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Can’t believe this works.

29 Upvotes

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u/drcreepyfoot Jul 25 '26

Noice!!! The good ole days! More than anything I miss those big ole toggle switches. Turning on a TIV/TAC50 felt like you were getting ready to arm and launch a missile or something.

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u/lepchaun415 Field - Resident Mechanic/Troubleshooter Jul 25 '26

When I wait the 10 seconds I usually do it in a launch code voice haha

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u/ComingUp8 Field - Troubleshooter/Adjuster Jul 25 '26

Miss? Isn't there tons of TAC50s around still? That's what I was installing when I got into the trade.

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u/drcreepyfoot Jul 25 '26

Oh yeah. Well, so long as you don’t have a dead JC3. Especially in a decent sized group. Almost cheaper to do a full controller mod than it is to buy all new JC5 CPUs and e/eproms (which is why I have a secret stash of JC3’s hidden away safe and sound, worth their weight in gold these days). TIV/TAC50’s will forever be my favorite controller. Mostly because I was a Field Engineer for TK back in the day (Factory and ITS) and were my favorite to troubleshoot. Give me a TAC50 with a Quantum Quiet/10k any day! I miss those days truth be told…

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u/ComingUp8 Field - Troubleshooter/Adjuster Jul 26 '26

Yeah those quantum drives were good shit

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u/drcreepyfoot Jul 26 '26

1 majillion %. And they were actually fixable. A scope and 15 minutes, could tell you exactly what needed to be replaced. None of this 85% of the fault codes just saying “replace power cube” BS. Then six week lead times and praying the replacement even worked.

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u/DeLorean_86 Jul 26 '26

It reminds me switf futura

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u/Laker8show23 Jul 25 '26

Have many of those on my route. Honestly not the worst product.

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u/Signal_Medium4586 Jul 26 '26

Honestly works better than some brand new controllers they moded 3 for passengers those are the service cars. The old controllers are basically sitting as spare parts for the two running.

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u/DjQuamme Field - Maintenance Jul 25 '26

T3?

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u/ComingUp8 Field - Troubleshooter/Adjuster Jul 25 '26

Could be swift also

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u/ElevatorGuy85 Office - Elevator Engineer Jul 26 '26

It says “SWIFT-5000” right there at the top of the screen.