RARE 1950s freight lift in operation + relay controller

An old J&E HALL lift, still in operation and all the detail that you can expect from another classic mrmattandmrchay video.
Cameras looking at the relay controller, the motor and in the lift shaft.
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[@SeanBZA]

1955, and this lift is a retrofit, you can see the old outlines of bricked up arches there, which says the original lift was either hydraulic or steam powered, or it was old enough to be horse powered instead, using a winch and pulleys to do lifting of a platform. Wonder just how many bolts and nuts have sat there untouched in nearly 70 years, and how many of the electrical connections have never been touched, though the selenium rectifiers definitely have let magic smoke out a while ago to get a silicon replacement bodged in there.Could have spent 10 minutes more and made it look nice.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Yes, I did notice this also. Looks like there is a lot of history to this building.

[@haunter_1845]

Wow, what a treat. I'll take an old lift over a new one any day.

[@daviddunbar5754]

My uncle worked for J&E Hall, in the factory in Dartford. He was a superb engineer and the company produced some great products. I remember their escalators here in Newcastle upon Tyne. Fantastic video as ever.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thank you very much! Yes, old school electrics here!

[@s.c.mathur3716]

Great made me remember 50 year old work. I had worked on these lifts .How strong was all parts . Now a days every thing is like paper.

[@kreuner11]

surely not *paper* level, otherwise elevators would be failing left and right

[@Redchannelconditions]

@@kreuner11figure of speech.

[@dirkmaronn]

Wunderbar, diese alte solide Technik zu sehen.

[@SeanBZA]

Scary part is testing those over travel switches, as if you test them with them connected correctly you will need new mains fuses for the lift. But a very nice lift, waiting for part 2, I did make a simple 3 floor model as apprenticeship test, because I wanted something a little more complex than a blinking light with a 555 driven off the power supply we made from near scratch. Only parts bought were the core and copper wire, and the electronic components. I added in extra parts to make it more useful, a battery charger, and better current limiting as well.

[@vancouverelevators_transit]

This is a EPIC elevator. That motor is epic as well

[@KaTyJP]

NEW MRMATTANDMRCHAY VIDEO!!!

[@Duncs1961]

I like how the electrical schematic looks like PLC ladder logic

[@RODALCO2007]

Another fantastic video with superb editing and explanation. I will subscribe to the United Lift Channel. Keep up the great video's. The Selenium rectifier had expired, and a pretty rough floating set up 35 Amp bridge rectifier is just dangling loose.

[@brunoais]

Another awesome video by... This time a partnership between two channels. Awesome. But the editing is great as usual! Awesome job as usual!

[@paulh5293]

Brilliant. Looking forward to part 2!

[@stuartcastle2814]

When I was a kid, well, teenager, we used to have a shop. It was at the New Covent Garden market (the one in Vauxhall, not the touriest attraction near the Strand). As the shop was on the 1st floor, we had our own freight lift. Nothing particularly special, just an old Otis with the concertina door and a safety gate inside. It made some amazing noises though, and because my mum and dad thought they were not supposed to replace the builbs (either that or they thought the lights used a non standard fitting), the lights did not work, It was quite slow, and the ground floor of the building was at least 30 ft, so it took a while to travel between floors. It was quite atmospheric. Unfortunately, we eventually did have to replace the bulbs.

[@Damien.D]

This old beauty looks well maintained.

[@crocoland6330]

Awesome old lift! The motor sounds so good. Good work as always Matt!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thanks very much crocoland!

[@DominickCascianoIII]

too cool. excellent video. thank you kind strangers!

[@Petertronic]

Nice collab, amazing footage and editing as always.

[@marcfruchtman9473]

Super cool.

[@christopher-2000]

awesome video

[@TheDiveO]

Seeing the lock, I had hoped for a LockPickingLawyer moment, but not even a rake...

[@MelbourneLifts]

So interesting and Epic!

[@LGCT]

Very Nice old Lift. J&E Hall is a name you don't hear very often nowadays.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Yes, and especially ones that are still working.

[@38911bytefree]

Overbuilt to last forever.

[@aptanasan2239]

Hey guys Mr Matt upload again i like watch your video man

[@mrmattandmrchay]

thank you!

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

Nice video matt keep up the good worrk, always quality not quantity!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

thanks!

[@TheInsultInvestor]

great video man. Older is better

[@user-kp6xf4gf7t]

Two quality videos in quick succession! Wow! Matt, what lift out of all the lifts you filmed had the best character? My favorite is the otis at hilton park.

[@otislover891]

So we can create more elevator videos

[@brunoais]

12:44: What is that sensor(?) mounted on the wall, on the bottom left. Identified by that small wheel used for?

[@dudleyblokerave]

Hi, love your videos. Do you know what happened to Mrphill100? His channel has vanished and it had loads of videos of my childhood stomping grounds. Hope he's OK. Cheers. Dudleyblokerave.

[@lucasthings]

Mrmattandmrchay, A lift company had sent me a panel with DMG buttons, indicator and a hidden legend, How do I wire it to 12v?

[@stephencleaves]

Is that an old fire system heat detector to the right of the bell @ 04:18 ? wonder If its still in use !

[@SeanBZA]

Probably still connected to the lift bell......

[@mrmattandmrchay]

That's not a heat detector, it's a switch attached to the emergency car brakes. If the car brakes were to apply the switch shuts the lift down.

[@Tigrou7777]

4:41 : does somebody know what is this square wave / resistor symbol means on the schematic ? (as seen across BK / TDL / TA). Usually this symbol is for heating elements. 4:55 : what is that component, a resistor ? a capacitor ? whatever it is, it's a big one :D

[@mrmattandmrchay]

4:55 I believe that's the choke, but I'm not 100% sure. Chokes are normally mounted alongside the cabinet, as they are quite large. 4:41 These are resistors. The ones across TA and TDL prevent the capacitor being connected directly to the supply, so they charge up under a resistor, and also prevent them discharging instantly, hence a timer is produced. The one directly across BK I believe is to absorb the spike that will feed-back from the brake when it's depowered.

[@JochenPawletta]

You see the "Chokes" if that is what they are called here 8:26.

[@DjMjk]

And beno

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Unfortunately, the person you mentioned is not welcome on my channel. Here are some of the kids he used to endanger on his lift surfing adventures: kzbin.info/www/bejne/amS8f4h-f5mIjJo Please also see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWWceaaMeZWamdk Thank you.

[@gsestream]

have you noticed that people did not need anything such things before lately.

[@Katchi_]

5:41 And I'm out.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

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[@rrrohan2288]

id hardly call it a good lift its fricken ancient

[@caroleast9636]

A lot of these old lifts are still good. They just need sensible maintenance. The same can be said of any new equipment.