Tour of EIFFEL TOWER ELEVATOR MACHINE ("no filming allowed")

No filming allowed - so we came prepared with HIDDEN CAMERAS, which annoyed MrChay as I had to cut a hole in his SuperDry bag!!
But all was set to change (for the better!)
I've been editing this in stages for the last 4 months, so I hope you enjoy it!
MORE TO COME!

[@thatyummytofu]

I'm so glad that you shared this. Without this video, I don't know what is the machine room of Eiffel Tower looks like

[@Lighting_Desk]

One heck of a machine room tour!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thanks

[@imaginox9]

It's a very complicated and advanced version of roped hydraulic lifts ! This was also installed by the two sons of Elisha Graves Otis, and judging by the panel we can see in your older videos of these lifts, it's still maintained by Otis after more than a century !

[@mrmattandmrchay]

yep, perhaps! Not sure if these old panels are still in use but fascinating stuff, especially as these lifts were designed before lift technology existed.

[@guitarplayerforu]

Absolutely fascinating, even for those like myself who aren't lift enthusiasts 👌. Thanks for this great video Matt 👍

[@DieselDucy]

Appears as some is roped hydro.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Absolutely, but the roped part in a separate place. Amazes me the path the ropes to through to get to the lift car - loads of diverting wheels all the way up to the top!

[@imaperson9693]

Hi dieselducy

[@DieselDucy]

@@mrmattandmrchay are the hydraulic ones the one that go up the legs or the tower?

[@FireController1847]

This was extremely interesting! The sounds the room made were very very satisfying :')

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thanks. Before this place had one of it's many upgrades, wonder if the sounds were much different.

[@thefrenchelevatorchannel]

For some people, going up is a tourist trap, but going "down" to the motor room is the treat ! I'm glad you did it ! I'm French of course, but I've never been up the tower because of those tourists forming a 3-hour waiting line... wait, you are also a tourist XD nope just kidding ! I really wanted to see this motor room in such a detailed video ! Can't wait to see the next parts !

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Cool, really glad you liked it! To be honest, I'd love to do it again and take more cameras to plant around the place. I could have done some better filming, but this is me all over - perfectionist! Yeah been in those queues to the top level before!

[@NeilPrasad_1905]

That hydraulic powered lift is like the most specialised and fastest with speed of like 1.6 m/s

[@Bendie0810]

A very very nice explaining Video. These technics are so interesting and it is a great idea to show it to people who are interested in electronics and of course elevators ! Thankyou ✌

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thanks! Normally I'd do some kind of sketch or animation, but for this one my step father BUILT the motor room!!

[@ersonthemesa]

Very cool Mr Matt...really enjoyed your shots. I always look for your new videos.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thanks very much Bill. My rule is, if "I" don't find it interesting then I don't upload it. Hopefully this means in most cases all my recent videos 'are' interesting to others! I never upload "JUST" to make money. My moto is "quality not quantity". Glad you enjoy them :)

[@jix177]

Great video, and gotta admire your commitment to the cause!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

If "I" don't find it interesting then it doesn't get uploaded haha! Thanks for the comment

[@paulj.thaddaios]

Very haphazardly design work! If I had anything to do with that engineering project I would be embarrassed lol

[@antonv.]

awesome video, very well made! Those elveators look fantastic

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thanks very much :)

[@thomasmaughan4798]

That's ingenious!

[@MMTube]

In an abandoned hospital the old Otis Lift was still running... And we took a ride... Visit us... 😉👍🏻

[@MMTube]

P. S.: Awesome Video! Very cool and an awesome technic.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thanks

[@MMTube]

mrmattandmrchay It's pretty impressive, such oversize hydraulic cylinders and this mechanism of the hydraulic counterweight I've never seen before. Thumbs up! 😉👍🏻

[@ZLDSmogless]

I'd love to see how this all works

[@38911bytefree]

What a marwell for its era. Nice video.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

a marwell? Just googled that and it's a Zoo! haha! (perhaps a typo) Thanks for the comment anyway.

[@clydecavalieri4511]

Since this lift goes up in an angle instead of straight up and down, is it an elevator or a funicular?

[@elielamhout9995]

The pumps are very noisy, but I like the new lift, the ride is very smooth since the renovation.

[@bishopanderson5864]

Nice! Loved the video dude.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thanks :)

[@fredashay]

That bag and shirt might still be useful in the future. Hold on to them!

[@Aawsomeguy]

Are there conventional passenger cable elevators with counterweights in the Eiffel Tower? Thanks.

[@TimpBizkit]

So does it just use a giant cylinder to separate two big snatch blocks and hence raise the lift car on the end of the cable? I have seen a similar working lift in a model of a Victorian house. A big force over a short distance turns into a longer distance raising the lift carriage

[@RaceDude57]

I was there March 2019 (I got to see Norte Dame just 2 weeks before the fire) and I noticed the two tanks (counterweights) moving at different speeds?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I'm not sure that they are directly linked, so whatever is being pumped in/out of them (if that's still how they work) could happen at different speeds. But I read that the CWs are no longer in use, they just go up and down "for show".

[@mspysu79]

Another great video.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thanks

[@urgentkestrel7990]

So the 1980's lifts are powered by a 1900's hydraulic lift motor?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Not sure everything dates back to the 1900s, but the "design" does. And they kept the original design concept, but probably replaced much of it by now.

[@any123-og]

That guy knew you were a lift enthusiast

[@hongkongstuff]

Love all the details!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

thanks :)

[@DieselDucy]

How did you get this tour?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Search for Eiffel tower begins the scenes tour :)

[@sharonbradford4494]

If I was up there in person that Machinery will be crazy loud

[@Nitrxgen]

Huh, crazy. So if I understand correctly, the lift is connected to multiple pulleys and the pulleys are pushed apart to pull the lift cables, as he said 1m movement in the pulleys (trolley) is 8m lift movement. The drums act like a reservoir I guess?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

The drums were used for the original design. They still move, but I'm not sure if they are 'required' anymore. They still move just to show people the heritage of the system. But in the original design, it was a water pump system. It pumped the water out of the drums into the piston which pushes the carriage along the track. The weight of the drum (with water inside) acts as a counterweight). Click this link as I show you exactly how it works here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6ObdJWvjZd3i6cm32s

[@pgtmr2713]

St.Louis Gateway Arch elevators would be something unique for you. Rotating pods on a chain that tilt as it goes up.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Ah do you mean this one?... kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6vOZnePbdGtrbs Pretty cool!

[@pgtmr2713]

Yep, that's the one. Tell me you couldn't spend a month checking out that setup!

[@ajs2120]

Those cables are monstrous!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Imagine re-roping this installation!! If you look at some of the other videos in my playlist (in particular the second one) kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6ObdJWvjZd3i6cm17s see how many diverting wheels there are!! It's not just a straight route.

[@ajs2120]

As soon as you finish re-roping it would be time to start again! There is a nice humming/droning sound in the background in there.

[@sunilkhandagale9966]

Amazing tech

[@Aawsomeguy]

May I ask why they don't want the machine room filmed? I enjoy all your elevator machine room videos. Thank you so very much for uploading them.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I asked them when I booked it. They said no to filming, so I set up secret camera(which I didn't need and I ruined a shirt) because the tour guide said it was ok. I'm not sure of the reasons, but guess it's something to do with security. Maybe the person I emailed didn't know, and it was easier for him/her to say "no filming"? I don't know! Thanks for the compliments and glad you enjoy the videos :)

[@imaperson9693]

How does a pinhole camera zoom in

[@Speeddemon3]

What engineering!

[@dramaticdog337]

Some impressive machines! i'm still salty that the Galleries Lafayettes lifts were modernized... twice... There an old lift in my apartment building though and i've always wanted to have a look at that motor room, i live just 2 floors below the motor. Just the noise that resonates through the shaft, stair case and corridors make me very curious about it. It's a Kone lift, i'd say it's from the 90's or 80's so it's not *that* old but it's very loud, lots of "clangs" and chain noises when you ride inside too. Any ideas what i might find in the motor room ?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

The chain noises might be 'compensation chains', that link from the bottom of the lift car and join on the counterweight. These are not that common, but compensate for the weight of the cables when the lift it at the top (i.e. loads of cable weight on the counterweight) and bottom(loads of cable weight going to lift car) floors. Perhaps this video fits your lift? kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep7Wp39maqetqqM

[@dramaticdog337]

You are a blessing, thank you!

[@suirmachendra2416]

This is machinery room of Elevator It really noisy the pump is hidden There ae 2 chariot/trolley are super fantastic!!!!! I love you Mr Matt =]

[@suirmachendra2416]

I wan't love Mr Matt

[@dykodesigns]

So it used to be hydraulic, when was it converted to electricity? The tour guide mentioned something about safety issues with the original lift. What was that about?

[@thesavagedog28t61]

i think their was no Governor

[@mrmattandmrchay]

From my understandings, the hydraulic system was originally WATER being pumped from the cylinders into the rams. Perhaps this was steam driven? I doubt that there were hardly any safety systems from the first elevators in the 1890's. If you look at my old eiffel tower videos (link at end of the video) there is a grooved strip all the way up the shafts, so if anything goes wrong the lift car grabs the safety rail.

[@theodorranebo2909]

Where is the motor?

[@SummerADDE_Elevators]

Very nice video. Seemed to be a very complicated system...

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Probably done from MRL now (if the MRL motor fits on the Eiffel tower metal-work that is lol)

[@theiachannel2759]

Cool

[@GAGDR660]

‘No filming’ ‘you can film lol all that time for nothing’

[@aprilkolwey4779]

Now that is a big roped hydro. Does this count as an epic motor too? :P

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Absolutely it is! It was once run by water and a water pump!

[@seanjuth]

No lawsuit?

[@christopher-2000]

cool lift video mrmattandmrchay

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thanks Chris

[@theknowledgeoflondon1444]

Well worth the risk

[@LBSiUK]

The second person to comment. That does look like a VERY angry Mr Chay.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I asked him to give me a pose as if "someone had cut a hole in your superdry bag" then I told him "I've cut a hole in your superdry bag" lol!!

[@MrEngineer20051]

Now we get to say that those Elevators are roped hydraulic Elevators...

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Yes indeed. I would love to see the motor room of the high rise ones, although the guide said it was very small.

[@seanjuth]

Ah the French with mixed behaviors. You can't film! Yes you can!

[@vincenthuwart4469]

T'es en france !! Je suis parisien

[@mrmattandmrchay]

agréable

[@joaquinfernandesgarcia996]

3:28 LOUD MOTOR!!!!!!

[@Ag89q43G0HyA]

Omg could you get in legal trouble? It is prohibited!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Tour guide said it was ok on the day :)

[@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials]

EXPO not Export 🤣🤣🤣

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Damn, I hate finding things like this out! Waaaay too late to change it! :)

[@viziadesign8192]

WTF?! I was there and filming with my phone video with no problems the whole tour. I can send you same videos. Even the speach is the same but it was a women lead.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Oh right! That sounds cool, yeah, could you send me the videos (somehow?) so that I can have a look? If I use them, then I'll give your channel a plug.