For those curious - the brand new Skymark apartment building has four TKE traction elevators @ 700 FPM, along with Evolution MRLs serving parking and low-rise apartments (at an unknown speed rn). Most of RTC next seems to be TKE and not Otis, which is surprising. For the other high rises - basically everything there is Otis, mostly Gen2s @ 500 FPM. Exo's 15 story towers are surprisingly 350 FPM, but overslung.
@GamingWithNoah5529 күн бұрын
When I was at that Primark the other elavator was broken
@alternatehobbies9 күн бұрын
Lol... that's Schindler in a heavy-use environment for ya. When was that? Do you mean one of the store elevators or the mall elevator? The mall 5500 has been broken for nearly half a year, as indicated in my description
@GamingWithNoah5528 күн бұрын
No the primark’s elavator at tysons corner the elevator was broken only 1 maybe it was you pressing the buttons lol
@alternatehobbies8 күн бұрын
@@GamingWithNoah552 lol it hasn't even been three weeks since the store opened 💀
@GamingWithNoah5528 күн бұрын
I was there last time I think the other weekend I was there one elavator had an x on the top
@UncommonElevators13 күн бұрын
Yeah that's a tough one. I was gonna guess Montgomery, a lot of their older installations have that outline around the car door frame. That being said, older monties often look similar to Armor or other generics so who knows.
@alternatehobbies12 күн бұрын
I just checked the records, turns out they're Southern. Apparently they're rated for 250 FPM but the one I rode in this video speed tested at 200 FPM exactly. I'll update the title and work on attempting to update the thumbnail www.labor.communications.its.state.nc.us/elevPublic/scripts/e_pa_1d.cfm?state_id=7928
@UncommonElevators13 күн бұрын
There's a super nice Dover WCR with impulse in the library at Muhlenberg College, I regret not filming it when I visited there. Totally original including the old buttons with springy contacts.
@alternatehobbies12 күн бұрын
the springy buttons are nice, always fun to come across those. some newer impulse buttons are way harder to press than others. I can't stand the ones that are hard to press, but I still prefer that over newer series 1 buttons from Otis
@EWPA1416 күн бұрын
These appear to be 3300 XL actually. Primark's 1st location in the U.S? Primarily has had locations here for the past at least 10 years so I'm not sure what exactly you mean by this.
@alternatehobbies16 күн бұрын
I fixed the description, it was supposed to say Virginia's first. Is there anything explicit that makes you think these are 3350s? 3350s share fixtures with 5500s, but these absolutely do not use 3300 door equipment
@EWPA1416 күн бұрын
The motor sounds more like 3300 XL. XL uses similar door equipment & sometimes the same door equipment as 5500.
@alternatehobbies16 күн бұрын
@@EWPA14 yeahhh this is a gray area. i'll wait until we have more videos of these before I change the title. I highly doubt a commercial store with extremely high elevator traffic would install 3350s, and they seem a lot more like 5500s to me. The *only* thing giving me pause is the lack of high-pitched drive noise, but it's possible new models are quieter than before. I also rode 5500s in an apartment complex immediately before coming here, which acted the exact same as these. I found the records for these after a fair bit of searching, and didn't find anything new other than the fact that this store also has two service elevators @5000 lbs. plus.fairfaxcounty.gov/CitizenAccess/Cap/CapDetail.aspx?Module=Building&TabName=Building&capID1=REC23&capID2=00000&capID3=01310&agencyCode=FFX&IsToShowInspection=
@EWPA1415 күн бұрын
Unfortunately I've seen high-traffic stores install cheep flimsy regular 3300s, so it's a possibility.
@Ih8kone21 күн бұрын
That is actually a Schindler, not a Westinghouse.
@alternatehobbies20 күн бұрын
i definitely believe that, the other elevator is a schindler MPH. but the records say that this was installed in 1973 for some weird reason. I'll try to update the thumbnail soon
@Ih8kone20 күн бұрын
@@alternatehobbies as I found out from Aaron Stone, elevator records are not always accurate.
@brookesoard8371Ай бұрын
Where is the last “‘Crane 🏗️ Toilet?🚽’” I only see four 4️⃣ “‘Crane 🏗️ Toilets’” and one 1️⃣☝️ “‘Kohler Class five 5️⃣ toilet🚽?’”🚽 You said that you own six 6️⃣ toilets: (Five 5️⃣ 🚽 “‘Crane 🏗️ Toilets’” and one 1️⃣☝️Kohler Class five 5️⃣ toilet🚽?’”🚽) [5 + 1= 6.] (So, where is that other “‘Crane Toilet?🚽’”) (By the way, I AM so so very very sorry 😞😢😣 if I AM sounding like 👍 a “‘Jerk’” to you!😞😢😣)
@alternatehobbiesАй бұрын
please refrain from making comments unreadable with emoji spam in the future. i messed up and forgot to put one of the toilets into the video when this was made, i need to change the title
@dmvelevatorsАй бұрын
How do you feel about the mod?
@alternatehobbiesАй бұрын
it's a really nice mod (and they reused the old lanterns), but the cars (still) vibrate a bit when running, which seems to just be a byproduct of the elevonic era otis motors. i gotta visit again once all three cars are in service to see how traffic is handled, cuz it gets super backed up with only two cars
@dmvelevatorsАй бұрын
@@alternatehobbies Yep. When I stayed in March, there were only 2 cars running
@UncommonElevators2 ай бұрын
Those aren’t mods, the garage was built circa 2000 along with the freedom square towers across the street.
@alternatehobbies2 ай бұрын
you're right, I will fix my title and description
@dmvelevators4 ай бұрын
You’re not gonna believe this
@alternatehobbies4 ай бұрын
they were replacing hall fixtures when I was last there, and they had a couple "pardon the dust" signs... so they're being modded I take it?
@dmvelevators4 ай бұрын
@@alternatehobbies I filmed the elevators yesterday. The 4th elevator was never an elevator. The hotel employee told me it was a fake door. And 2 out of 3 elevators have been modded. The 3rd car is out of service and turned off. I saw the shaft lights on from the 9th floor and that’s where I am staying. The 3rd and final car is on the 8th floor with the doors closed. But it’s on floors between 8 and 9 and you can see out of it. But there is definitely no scenic elevator at all here. I walked around the whole property and there wasn’t a scenic elevator. The restaurant elevator is still original and still has the series 1 fixtures. The Piedmont’s restaurant has Schindler 330a or 321a elevator. I think that elevator was a late installation. And the elevators aren’t lightning fast anymore which I am a bit disappointed about
@alternatehobbies4 ай бұрын
@@dmvelevators then I must have seen super bright shaft lights in the 3rd car, my bad. were they modded by Otis? as long as they go 350 FPM, they're still "lightning fast." they just probably don't have the insane acceleration the original 401s did.
@dmvelevators4 ай бұрын
@@alternatehobbies Yep Otis did the mod. I do miss the insane acceleration on these elevators
@dmvelevators5 ай бұрын
And which scenic elevator?
@alternatehobbies5 ай бұрын
The single elevator across from the pair of two seems to have a scenic shaft, it was super bright between the doors. But if there's actually a working elevator there, it was not working when I was there. So i have no clue what's actually there
@alternatehobbies5 ай бұрын
In your video, it's the car you get at 10:38. That one wasn't in service the two times I visited this place, or it was removed. No clue...
@dmvelevators5 ай бұрын
@@alternatehobbies I’ll find out when I go there this week
@dmvelevators5 ай бұрын
I did a full hotel tour here in 2021 and filmed the elevators. I am going there this week for a weekend getaway and I can film the elevators for you again
@dmvelevators5 ай бұрын
When I stayed the last time, I didn’t know that the r level opened into a meeting room in the lobby
@GDG5895 ай бұрын
Pls make a video of the garage
@StandardCadet-ou5hu7 ай бұрын
5 elites and one class five. Awesome!
@TechNerdNolan7 ай бұрын
I love the high pitch drive sound
@alternatehobbies7 ай бұрын
Quite the contrast to the somewhat bassy motor many later 411 installs sound like
@lenaa20039 ай бұрын
My local Macy's at Coral Square got this same modernization at the beginning of 2023 (as the THIRD elevator to get modernized at THAT mall), following the Montgomery Vector at Sears by Epco Survivor in 2013 and then the Westinghouse at JCPenney by GAL VPMC in 2019. ALL THREE of these mods leave KOHL'S (the elevator in my profile pic) as the ONLY all original AND unruined elevator there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4Sbqnl9iLeFd6s
@lenaa200310 ай бұрын
I love the voice on these
@lenaa200310 ай бұрын
My local Macy's at Coral Square recieved something similar at the beginning of 2023 (as the THIRD elevator to get modernized at THAT mall), following the Montgomery Vector at Sears by Epco Survivor in 2013 and then the Westinghouse at JCPenney by GAL VPMC in 2019. ALL THREE of these mods leave KOHL'S (the elevator in my profile pic) as the ONLY all original AND unruined elevator there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4Sbqnl9iLeFd6s
@alternatehobbies Жыл бұрын
(Aug 2023): Door will be replaced soon with a Clopay 9200. I'll get a video of the 8550W on the old and new doors in the future.
@Bigben2u Жыл бұрын
5 Toilets + 1 toilet = 6 toilets ❤
@OldSchoolAmericanPlumbing Жыл бұрын
Great toilets.
@ekaterinasiganova7197 Жыл бұрын
I parked 4th floor here a few days back
@alternatehobbies Жыл бұрын
i still need to figure out how to get over to the other part of the garage with the impulse tractions. I tried the door at the bottom once recently and it was locked, so I might just have to walk across the roof of the garage lol when I was a monthly parker in scranton, I was in the Medallion garage, which is the one with the 400As next to the Hilton
@aerohoodie4life Жыл бұрын
This is cool. Where did you film this
@alternatehobbies Жыл бұрын
dorm on my college campus. i'm not going to publicize the exact location since it's a residential building
@joannewu63942 жыл бұрын
very quiet for a screw drive
@Charles-eu1br2 жыл бұрын
🌷 քʀօʍօֆʍ
@kyleboyd18892 жыл бұрын
2019 Kohler Wellworth Class 5
@EWPA142 жыл бұрын
3300s are very inefficient, & tend to be some of the cheapest non-LULAs on the market.
@alternatehobbies Жыл бұрын
absolutely. i hear that their equipment sucks, and I bet the only reason they get installed in the volume they do is because that low price is attractive to contractors
@EWPA14 Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Weirdly enough though they're probably more expensive than the better built 330A.
@CrownPointeChroma2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah!
@ITsLifePOSITIVE2 жыл бұрын
This elevator looks familiar 🙃🙃
@alternatehobbies2 жыл бұрын
ah, I see you were filming some elevators in Scranton around the same time I was lol I didn't see a clip of this garage's elevators on your channel but if you filmed the medallion and linden garages, i'm sure you rode the two in this garage as well
@ITsLifePOSITIVE2 жыл бұрын
@@alternatehobbies INDEED, I HAVE DEFINITELY RIDDEN A LOT OF ELEVATORS IN SCRANTON 😉
@Atupeue2 жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@EWPA142 жыл бұрын
This isn't Vertical Express, as it was done by ThyssenKrupp themselves. If it was VE it wouldn't have the ThyssenKrupp logo, & it wouldn't say TK on the records.
@alternatehobbies2 жыл бұрын
Gotcha, I'll fix it. I guess they don't use the scrolling indicator on all installations. Also, are the PA elevator records public?
@EWPA142 жыл бұрын
Well this 1 doesn't have that indicator because it's a mod. It also isn't endura because it's a mod. And you might have to go to your held for review section, but here's the link to the records:
@Ih8kone2 жыл бұрын
Similar to Newport
@kimgaskey84162 жыл бұрын
What causes the water to jump in the third toilet while in trap?
@alternatehobbies Жыл бұрын
Probably the fact that it had a very high powered flush at the time, and there was still a lot of water in the bowl when the main part of the flush ended
@judeveschi36322 жыл бұрын
mikwr
@reshanner2 жыл бұрын
You meant 4 Crane Plumbing toilets and 1 new Kohler toilet.
@alternatehobbies2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I made a mistake during editing and forgot to include one of the Crane toilets, I think I forgot to include the one with the worst flush (but it was replaced with another Kohler Cimarron within the past year). I might still have the footage somewhere, we'll see.
@sarahnarup6892 жыл бұрын
2019 Kohler Cinnamon
@kyleboyd18892 жыл бұрын
Did you mean: 2019 Kohler Cimarron
@MariaQuintero-di5ir2 жыл бұрын
De f
@Yellowify632 жыл бұрын
Hey doode, Can i use your toilet in my video
@alternatehobbies2 жыл бұрын
Sure
@Genie31553 жыл бұрын
what door is that
@alternatehobbies3 жыл бұрын
Some Amarr 2000 door (16x8) from around 1999-2000
@urmomlol8973 жыл бұрын
So this house is filled with POS?? I feel bad for the people who live here
@urmomlol8973 жыл бұрын
Also how many rooms are In the house?
@alternatehobbies3 жыл бұрын
ok... well it's my family's house btw, which the title says. I agree with you though, the Cranes are lousy. Our previous house had two Briggs toilets that were worse though. As of now, only 3 of 6 original Crane toilets remain: Two in bathrooms we never use (one may be replaced due to equipment age), and the one that flushed the best in this video.
@westmichiganvintagetoilets3 жыл бұрын
Now that's a huge house to have so many bathrooms! The most I've ever lived in had like 3 lol
@alternatehobbies3 жыл бұрын
We have one more than some of our neighboring houses due to a small top level floor (making 4 total including our basement). Not super easy to upkeep and two of these only get used once in a blue moon - making it a question when things happen like leaks/time for replacements. When we had a plumber stop by once, he said that we may need to get the toilet/fauced in our basement replaced at some point, but we rarely use the bathroom down there so we're letting it slide until we really need to get them replaced lol
@ruthosuna70853 жыл бұрын
You probably meant to say Eljer
@alternatehobbies3 жыл бұрын
You're right, I'll fix the title lol
@ruthosuna70853 жыл бұрын
How big is this house?
@alternatehobbies3 жыл бұрын
5,204 square feet, 4 floors (basement, main, upper, top level which only has guest bedroom & bathroom), 5.5 bathroom
@ruthosuna70853 жыл бұрын
@@alternatehobbies SHEEEEEEEESH DATS HUGE
@alternatehobbies3 жыл бұрын
@@ruthosuna7085 yeah LOL, i'm away at college now so I'm not there but yes indeed
@ctvplumbing3 жыл бұрын
Cranes: F+ Kohler: C+ The brand new kohler as of March 11 2019: C+