[Build] Elevator woes

[Rachel McConnell]

I just spoke with Henry about the elevator and the two problems we know
it has.  He checked with his father and they are fine with us fixing
minor elevator problems.  I mentioned that it was possible, if unlikely,
that we might uncover or even create an issue we couldn't handle, and in
that case we'd still need to get them to have someone come fix it.
Henry understood that and explained that they do have an elevator
maintenance person who normally comes to fix it when necessary.

I and others have had the panel off, and the problem with the 3rd floor
button is a simple mechanical issue that a part has broken.  I fixed it
with duct tape temporarily, but it should be fixed more better soon.  I
can do this maybe Thursday evening, if nobody else gets to it first.

The other issue seems to be that the 3rd floor door closed sensors are
finicky.  A good oiling of the gate hinges, screwing in loose screws,
and general cleaning might mitigate this considerably.  Alternately it
might need to be fucked with more.  Again I'll take a whack at this
eventually if nobody else does first.

Rachel

jim wrote:
> 
>    likely the problem is mechanical, like a contact 
> has been worn or jiggled out of place, or a wire 
> came loose. elevator electrical is pretty standard, 
> but the liability laws are not. 
>    seem possible that someone with reasonable 
> electrical and/or electronic experience could 
> troubleshoot and maybe even fix it. wouldn't want 
> anyone to know we dicked with it, though. 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 16:33 -0700, Rachel McConnell wrote:
>> Today we were able to move the elevator tp the third floor by calling  
>> it, but not by using the 3rd floor button. Was able to use the second  
>> floor button so am confident it's not a problem with the safety  
>> circuit. The interior button to the 3rd floor is not currently  
>> working. Not sure if this is the same problem Rubin describes or not.
>>
>> I mentioned an elevator problem to Henry last week and have not heard  
>> back yet. I will email him later today to follow up and explain that  
>> there are further issues.
>>
>> -Rachel
>>
>> On Aug 15, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
>>
>>> So yesterday I showed up and tried calling the elevator from the first
>>> floor, it wouldn't come. I went to the second floor and found the
>>> elevator, reshut the doors, went back down, tried calling it again and
>>> didn't get the thing to move. Went back up, got inside, tried to bring
>>> it down to the 1st floor, heard the relays snap but nothing moved.  
>>> Gave up.
>>>
>>> Later I noticed someone had ridden the elevator down to the first  
>>> floor.
>>> Got in it and tried to get it back to the 3rd floor, wouldn't budge.
>>> Pressed the 2nd floor button and it got going.
>>>
>>> By the end of the night Miloh went back to the 3rd floor and giggled  
>>> the
>>> door, the elevator would move again.
>>>
>>> Don't really know how we should approach the landlord about this.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Rubin Abdi
>>> rubin at starset.net
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