Creative,thanks:)

It’s nice to see a MRL in a motor room at least there’s a room for the engineers to hide 😂

That looks disgusting

Just wondering as I don't completely understand - for some replacements, why is it that the logic cabinet goes into the old machine room instead of the top floor? Is it solely for the sake of not doing unnecessary mods, existing wiring already going up there or what?

Nice and clean top of Carr blood cold here

Filmed these in the holidays! Definitely understand why I couldn’t access the tio

Interesting to see an Otis AC unit with a selector. In the states selectors were usually used on Otis’s DC models; like the 21U, UCL, UAL, etc

Otis geared DC traction machine, MG set in good working condition. Not sure what the rack behind the generator is, maybe a resistor array.

I wonder if this is publicly accessible

I reckon the original door gearwas a PY1870 chain drive.But you did mention giant door spring that would make it PY1600

I remember the heat and the noise and you had a fault and you’re up there for days it was hard

Odd that the indicator numbers go right-to-left, instead of the usual left-to-right.

Blimey! Never knew we have Marryat & Scott lifts here! That must be very rare!

Sehr schöne Anlagen.

Wow that wooden car is beautiful

I don’t make ropes like they used to

Never seen indicators like that

Aritco lifts are great. Quite possibly the best platform elevator company I’ve seen as a 🛗 enthusiast, with CIBES coming in close second - although the two have very similar-looking builds, which makes me wonder if they’re actually much different beyond the obvious fixture swap-out…

Is this the machine room for the Otis black button in the video before this one?

Otis black button! I have been on a few of those here in the US!

That has got to be the QUIETEST screw-driven wheelchair lift that I have ever heard!

So, same gearbox but they swapped out the old DC motors for those massive noisy AC ones?

What fixtures does this one use? Surprised there's one of these all the way in NZ

The VVF are 880A full load current, 293A each phase? What is the input voltage for the VF and controller? It's it running at 440-480 VAC unless these are massive HP motors seems like a lot of amperage.

Very odd 😂😂

Is it safe?

Nice and it’s the right colour 😂🇬🇧

Very interesting controller still in good condition it was built to last. I have seen a few installations like this one with the machine on the floor and guide sheaves on ceiling down to the hoist way.

As usual, very interesting and unique content that you're uploading. I always watch.

I think I almost in that one once but I didn’t

Think I know which one this is. Saw it through the window. On a little side street

What's the brand of the pump? GMV, Hydroware, Blain/Leistritz or Bucher Hydraulics?

Can you do a video of the machine room for the Yellow Lifts?

Happy new year mate 🇬🇧

I just finished installing a custom residential elevator for a client. They would like to make a working floor indicator dial if possible. Your video is very similar in concept. I would like to know what components you used to make yours work.

The machine and controller are in very good condition and working great being nearly 70 yrs old. 400 VAC 3P controller is drawing only 20A. I have seen 2:1 roping with sheaves (top of cab each end) It's interesting the machine/driven sheave are offset from the dead hitched ropes anchored into the ceiling. One's I am familiar with w/ the single sheave top of cab and counterweight and defector sheave are in line. With a slight angle of the machine. How are the ropes which pass over the driven sheaves anchored to the cab? The most recent configuration I saw was a modification of an MRL moving the comp sheaves to the top of the cab dead hitching the rope ends from the machine and counterweight.

1 is up 2 is down…… that may not be the original controller as the building appears to be much older

Interesting, based the lables above the inside buttons and on the motor, his appears to at least partly be Pickerings Lift - a company established in the UK all the way back in 1854. The company was known for being a reputable lift manufacturer for many years. Whilst they are still going, they're now really only known for being a distributor of other others, rather than actually manufacturing their own, and they only serve the UK market.

That is a beauty

So ECC was the distributor of FIAM in New Zealand? I always thought it was GEC who have done it like in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Finally some quality vintage elevator content

good videos just subscribed 👌

Speaking of slip-rings, I saw marketing for a brushless DC Dyson the other day that said "No carbon brushes means no carbon emissions!" lol :)

Why is it that this one has 5 inductor switches compared to the usual 3 if it only runs at two-speed?

I’ve filmed that one! I know because of the motor. That one is nice

Spec 60VF was a product of Nippon OTIS in Japan and was widely shipped to many Asian countries between the late 1980s and mid 1990s. Didn't know that the model had made it all the way to New Zealand.

I remember back in the day no top of car inspection just a toggle stop switch and no shaft lights

Well made

So those 'steps' at the beginning when starting, is to make acceleration smoother? Seems pretty intuitive doing this with only a 2 speed AC motor.

Your videos are awesome! 😃 You'd be surprised how much I'm learning about those units you've posted on your channel. I've seen a little bit of Schindler & Otis machines around and about thanks to technicians, but your videos really do go into detail as to the inner workings of these. As I'm over the ocean in Australia, I don't have that much knowledge regarding Express lifts, for example, so it's always good to see how things vary.