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Monday from hell: 4 callbacks in 5 hours on a 60 year old Otis
Started the day with a door lock fault on the 3rd floor, turned out to be a worn roller that I just replaced last month. Then got a call that the cab was stopping 2 inches low on every floor, spent an hour chasing a bad encoder wire someone pinched in the rail bracket. Right when I thought I was done, the brake release switch failed on the machine room panel, had to rig a temporary bypass just to get it back in service. By 2pm I was covered in grease and the building super asked me if I even knew what I was doing. Has anyone else had a week where one elevator just decides to fight you on every single repair?
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rileyl984d ago
Ngl I used to be all for keeping old units running as long as possible, thought it was cheaper and cooler to have history still working. But reading your day makes me rethink that completely. Having to rig a bypass on a brake switch on a 60 year old machine just to get people moving sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen. Sometimes sticking with old tech just means you're patching up one failure after another until something big breaks.
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nancy35119d ago
Wait hold on, a 60 year old Otis? I'm surprised that thing's still running at all, let alone giving you that many callbacks in one day. Sounds like that building needs a full modernization, not just a patch job.
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noah_webb19d ago
Wait, hold up Nancy351. A 60 year old Otis still in service? That thing is ancient, man. I'm honestly shocked it hasn't been scrapped for parts yet.
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