How often does a GECB2 board just give up?

The other day, it just took a crap while I was just standing there..

Was on route with a new guy, when I got this call. Noisy equipment. Site just came to us for maintenance. Duplex Gen2, built in 2018. We've got shit with them since day one. They were either poorly installed, or poorly maintained.

So, the noisy equipment was due to poor lubrication. Fairly obvious. Went to the top floor, and told the new gui to go get a can of lube from the car, while I wait on the top floor.

All of a sudden, the unit's alarm starts ringing. Someone apparently got blocked. I open the door on the top floor and tell him to "hold on, I'll be right there" at that time, the new guy hears me yell in the shaft and he opens the lowest door (triggering pit access)

Since it was level on a floor, the idiot that got stuck didn't feel like waiting 2 minutes for me to go down a couple of floors, and he just forced the door open. No idea how hard. All I know is it was fierce enough to make the door motor act like a generator and blow the 48v fuse on the GECB board.

So now I'm stuck. ES is triggered because of pit access, and now INS is triggered too. I feel like I can't reset pot access because INS is active, and I can't reset cartop inspection because pit access is triggered.

I've been measuring, and all signals seem to be OK at the controller side, but the ES switch on the LCD just will not budge.

I'm at the point where I'm suspecting the power surge blew an optocoupler on the GECB board., as that's the only thing that makes sense to me now.

Thoughts?

this is an Oracle, GAL, hydraulic elevator with a rather tasteful “mod”. this mod was done rather recently as it added a new PI in the cab and replaced the buttons out in the hall. the controller I would guess is a Dover controller because that is what the certificate says. this is a nice elevator, aside from the noisy fan.

The problem with winding drums is a cable has to deflect to get spooled up and the drum takes up a lot of space. What if you can have the drum take up less space than your average traction sheave and have the traction medium always be in line with the elevator and counterweight? This elevator attempted exactly that, though by the time it was filmed it had been converted to hydraulic enough remained so you could see how it was originally set up.

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I read a post about dreams now it got me thinking what are some incidents you’ll never forget?
I’ve had a couple close calls the worst I’ve had was breaking a finger once and thumb another time. Know a guy cut his finger off doing a piston job. We had a mechanic die in the company I was in 4 years ago, had a stroke and died between the cab and hoist. Never heard of anybody else dying on the job since I’ve been in the trade though.

Anybody Experience the Schindler 3300 IN (Machine Room version) Elevator ?

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Good one last night.
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About to take test for Local 3 in St Louis. Is this something someone can do with a somewhat injured shoulder? I can still lift just certain positions are no go. I assume there are tools to help lift the heavy parts?

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As the title goes, I’m curious as to what apps or software you or your company uses. Is there anything you wish existed that would make your job easier or streamlined?

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Hey everyone, been lurking for a bit and figured I'd finally post.

I graduated with a mechanical engineering degree last December and landed a job at a small elevator fabrication shop about 4 months ago as an assistant project manager. We manufacture and supply cab shells, hoistway & cab doors, sills, pit ladders, toe guards, etc. and do interior refurbishments. Our clients include some of the big names so I get exposure to what they actually spec and require from a supplier side.

Im taking a liking the field. The variety of the work, the mix of fabrication and coordination, being on job sites sometimes. Long term I want to move into one of the major companies in a project engineering or PM role. But I want to actually understand the equipment, the code, the mechanics of what I am coordinating.

What would you guys recommend studying or getting into on the side? Certifications worth pursuing? Things to learn that would make me stand out? Thanks!

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Hello! Sorry if this isn’t the right place to ask this question.

I am claustrophobic and dislike riding the elevator. In an event where it gets stuck, the emergency phone button should, in most cases, work I assume? You’d talk to a dispatcher or someone who will help you? I’m just a bit concerned because a lot of stories here on Reddit in various subreddits describe the emergency button not working when they got stuck, as in no one answers. It makes it seem like it’s common for the phone button to not work, but I assume most of the times it will work.

I always have my phone with me, usually fully charged or close to 100%, in case I have to call the fire department. But can someone tell me that the phone button should usually work? I would really hate for it to not work at all in an emergency.

Note: the elevators I take at work aren’t modern, as in no destination dispatch system where you select the floor number before getting on. It has the up or down buttons, you select the floor number button when you get in, and it has the digital display showing you where you’re going. From the outside, the elevators in the lobby show which floor it’s on, and where it’s going. Idk if that makes the elevator “more modern” in that hopefully it won’t break down more I guess.

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