NEW EPIC MOTOR!! INCREDIBLE & INSANE!! Minnesota/MEI 12 STORY HIGHDRAULIC Elevator at the W Hotel

[@DieselDucy]

Old motor was epic but I like the pitch of this one.

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

Me too

[@QEElevators]

Hi this elevator is getting modernized and i'm wondering if i can use just the up ride from this video in my video for my tribute to this elevator? We can discuss this more on discord

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

Yea you can. That's fine with me

[@QEElevators]

​@@PNWElevatorAviationThe engineer told me it wasn't, but it's now been a whole year that it's been broken..

[@ee4u]

I've heard that this is getting modernized now which really sucks, and it's not glass anymore either.

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

Damn that's sooo bullshit. Hopefully they keep it a 12 Story Hydro bc it's RARE one!!

[@QEElevators]

I was the one that found the sign, and it's been broken for a year... engineer said it wasn't, and they were "waiting on parts." The elevator being fixed isn't decided by the hotel, but the rooftop bar manager. They sadly changed engineers, so I am no longer friends with the one currently working there. I hope they eventually fix it..

[@QEElevators]

I got a tour scheduled for the machine room on Sunday morning

[@QEElevators]

The elevator has been down for a few or more weeks now. I don't know what their doing.

[@QEElevators]

Still broken.. I guess that was the final ride until they fix it.. I miss this thing

[@Jowevator3219]

Damn. Quieter than it used to be...

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

Jowevator 3219 Ikr??

[@QEElevators]

You know acording to another user this things motor was replaced a month before you came. When they came it was broken.

[@michaelwalterselevatorsrob5009]

QE elevators got the machine room for this thing, and it sounded Amazing, despite the fact that everyone misses the Submersible

[@lijiang2743]

Mid-2019 is when they changed the elevator motor. It used to be submersible, but now the elevator motor is an MEI DT-221 tall power unit.

[@QEElevators]

​@lijiang2743 I wonder what the old power unit looked like. Also the submersible was only that loud because it was low on oil and struggling. In videos where it wasn't it was alot quieter.

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

@@QEElevators It was probably a dual submersible unit

[@QEElevators]

@@PNWElevatorAviation It was. The new one has dual 50HP motors and most likely the same as the old one with motor hp.

[@qeelevators2960]

Just saw the machine room with security for this. Dual motor, pump and valve. It's pretty much always low on oil now.

[@hawaiiskylineandelevators4115]

THE MOTOR IS EPIC & the elevator itself is really cool!

[@ELEVrjATOR]

I heard the alarm at the start lol

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

PVD Elevators & Aviation Haha yeah!!

[@ElevatorDude]

This elevator is on my bucket list.

[@CenTexElevators489]

Why did they replace the power unit, despite the fact that MEI makes some incredibly good elevators?

[@qeelevators2960]

It kept getting low on oil, probably damaging it and the power unit wasnt what was leaking. Might’ve been a pipe or gasket or even the packing seal. I am a Atlanta local so I filmed this thing around every month and it’s been low for 3 months at this point… With the new motor

[@abdullaharif6455]

The previous pump sounded better. But the new one doesn't sound bad either. Also do you know where the machine room is?

[@qeelevators2960]

I can’t find the motor room, but I know that this hotel has a basement because in lobby the service elevator has a down button, but it is key carded

[@qeelevators2960]

I found a service hallway down near the loading dock. I thing the motor room is near there because I did find the boiler room for the whole hotel.

[@qeelevators2960]

But I wasn’t able to get into the service hallway

[@QEElevators]

found it! the restraunt at the front of the building has upstairs bathroom and thats where the motor room is

[@abdullaharif6455]

@@QEElevators Very interesting machine room location!

[@nicodo123]

Hold up, they still make dry powered motors?

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

Yes sir. Usually for high capacity's tho

[@qeelevators2960]

@@PNWElevatorAviation not just high capacity because on their website they say that dry powered motors are more reliable and how they are a alternative to submersible in some cases.

[@QEElevators]

"overloaded" its a 10,000 lb capacity

[@abdullaharif6455]

Why did they change the pump?

[@UniqueStuff833]

The older one was out of shape & low on oil

[@QEElevators]

@@UniqueStuff833 they can refil it? it got out of shape because of poor matnance

[@abdullaharif6455]

@@QEElevators Any other advantages the new pump has over the old one?

[@QEElevators]

@@abdullaharif6455 Higher power, easier to maintain because motor and impeller pump aren’t submerged in messy oil, easy to spot leaks, larger motors can fit and motor change is simple.

[@QEElevators]

@@abdullaharif6455 They seen to be doing the same thing to the new one too. Went there yesterday and after 3 months since I went there, it was still low on oil but worse.

[@ee4u]

I miss the old motor.

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

ExcelElevations 4U Same man!!

[@EvergreenElevators]

the fact that the lights dim a lot before the elevator starts moving doesn't look good in my opinion.. almost looks like a power overconsumption. I've seen this before on other elevators but not commonly

[@tkefan29]

I don't know if this is the tallest hydro. The Newseum definitely rivals it.

[@nicodo123]

Problem is, the Newseum's... gone

[@qeelevators2960]

Yeah so it doesn’t count

[@EWPA14]

The pitch now for some reason sounds more suiting for this elevator than the old 1.

[@themaddasher7783]

Incredible and harmonious A-pitched motor! The old motor was amazing, but I think this new one is better. Wonder why they made the motor dry-powered. 🤔🤔

[@Ocrefrigeration91]

SchindlerElevatorFan7783 dry powered is more powerful, that’s why there used for tall hydros or freights, they also pump a lot more oil than a submersible.

[@themaddasher7783]

@@Ocrefrigeration91 It looked like the submersible pump did its job though. Not complaining because I believe this motor is better.

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

SouthOCElevators Exactly!! Like for ThyssenKrupp. If the Motor's over 50 Horsepower in Submersible, you gotta go with Dry. The Dry is way better. PLUS, you can customize your space for a Bigger STRONGER Motor

[@themaddasher7783]

@@PNWElevatorAviation 50 what? Hertz or feet?

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

SchindlerElevatorFan7783 Horsepower. I forgot to say. They need Dry for Heavier Duty

[@randyflores2408]

I love this motor

[@michaelwalterselevatorsrob5009]

The new one is simply not as good.., I do like the new floor though, also didn’t think it was possible for a dry power motor to go on a Roped Hydraulic

[@alexandrawilson1998]

The other motor sounds better in my opinion

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

📠📠. I agree :( :(

[@patricknedz]

Much better What’s a disappointment

[@Ocrefrigeration91]

I think having a submersible pump on a elevator like this was too stressful for it. The dry powered pump is more suited for an application like this and I do like the new motor but the old one was louder

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

SouthOCElevators Yeah. The dry is better

[@patricknedz]

Like others said before, the old motor was much better. This is a disappointing motor compared to the other one.

[@wryt19]

The old motor is better

[@missourielevators9252]

This new motor sucks I don't know if I'll even bother riding this thing if I ever go to Atlanta

[@patricknedz]

I loved that old motor I would ride it just for that motor back then Now it’s ruined

[@dilchproductions]

Yuck! I liked the old motor sound better

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

Me too 😭😭