Running Elevator at Abandoned Psyc Ward

[@Ironcabbit]

“Let’s take the elevator to the basement.” And they were never heard from again. The caretaker recovered the camera.

[@ScootZMedia]

They just hit b goes down and the elevator goes deep underwater cause it's flooded

[@kaelandin]

EATOT plays

[@silasmcgee3647]

This old elevator was running better than most active elevators that aren't abandoned

[@davetech1269]

Can confirm after seeing the offices my employer moved from.

[@TheArkamedBat]

Better than a stupid Stannah or Jackson for sure.

[@TorCow1234]

The early 1980s vintage Dover hydraulics at my old workplace were pretty rough sometimes. Building maintenance director was a knucklehead, and didn't care that the company that was contracted to perform monthly maintenance... often didn't set foot on the property for months at a time but still charged. Close to half of the elevators were always low on hydraulic fluid; so they lurched, shuddered, and made a lot of noise as the fluid cavitated. Guests would often jump and get this freaked out look on their face as one was struggling to level.

[@Warp2090]

True

[@markpreston6930]

Drama clown.

[@michaelwalterselevatorsrob5009]

This is PURE OTIS Quality. This goes to prove these things were built to last.

[@Bombiedude.]

I deffinatelly agree that otis is a really good elevator if you want one disigned to last so your only spending the thousands of dollars to maintain it and not replace it then otis is a good option

[@Themusiic09]

Well have you heard of kone?

[@wididisbeigien]

Yeah, they were Otis was the OG safety elevator company🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lbenk-topic]

Today otis is the cheapest shit brand on the market unfortunately

[@michaelwalterselevatorsrob5009]

@@lbenk-topic welll I’d argue there are cheaper brands than OTIS, Most Modernizations are pretty damn half assed

[@neaelevator]

Wow. I would have loved to mess around with this but I don't know if I would ever have the nerve to ride it after being unused so long. What an awesome video!!!

[@RobertTheHaunter]

8:05 the most satisfying sound on earth.

[@charliemorgon5883]

Nu

[@bloodvortexx9248]

Sounds like something from Bioshock

[@Rileyfreeman3735]

Na

[@_TrianGs_]

Looks like the sound of my broken ps3 (yes ps3)

[@funi4591]

Lol i thought that it was going to be the elevator door

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

lol running a whole building through one house residential breaker lol

[@Retroman1852]

Boom

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

Even though it isn’t running very well because it was sitting there for a long time, I’m surprised it still works. Also, I find it scary that you are touching the relays with your finger.

[@mannyistheman2221]

these individuals are certified elevator mechanics and they know what they're doing. They're qualified to do what they're doing. But you're right relays do you contain electrical current

[@anderamorales3015]

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[@elroyMKE]

@@anderamorales3015 do you know what a space bar is?

[@aviaidan9959]

@@anderamorales3015 same

[@mmallissa]

Andera Morales same

[@BigElevatorDude707]

What an EPIC piece of vertical transportation history! This elevator (as you can tell by the fixtures and geared machine) it was installed by OTIS Elevator Company! One of my Top 3 most favourite elevator companies! It would be nice to convert this abandoned section of the hospital to something else! But keep the elevator original with a few tune-ups here and there such as the door operating system! Great video you guys! As long you were authorized to do this and know what you were doing... kudos to you! Thanks for uploading this!

[@papadop]

Has a very "Shining" feel to it.

[@godnness]

Everything about this is creepy. Perfect for horror movie. Anyway, I'm impressed.

[@jimmymiller77]

They don't make them like this anymore. Thank is why this one still works after all of these years. SUPERB Job on the Video. All my best... >

[@d.lawrencemiller5755]

Casually, "Huh, is that blood?" (keeps walking)

[@LY-jk1cl]

“Its like 30 below outside” “It ain’t 30 below, it’s like 30 degrees outside” “Well it is when you’re drunk as shit” This had me rolling 😂

[@tonebonebgky2]

Apparently you're easily amused.

[@jacobadkins1909]

@@tonebonebgky2 It was funny!

[@Jamestube8439]

This is awesome! An elevator that is very old and locked off like this and is protected! It should definitely work just fine! Nice video and way to go on that awesome elevator find!

[@EWPA14]

It's not locked, they had to open the door like that (at 1st) because it's so worn the door mechanism's a bit messed-up.

[@Jamestube8439]

@@EWPA14 Gotcha

[@benolifts]

This takes me back to when I had an abandoned building with the power left on. Both lifts were 60s otises similar to in this video, but they were 3 phase and no DC conversion. I went there every week. Both lifts were not working well and I did some fault finding and slowly worked out what the problems were. One lift was completely broke and wouldn't move no matter what. The other lift had a GAL door cam fault which caused the motor to keep trying to close the door. We managed to fix it but the fault kept returning. The GAL box needed replacing. In the end we took off the door belt to keep the door shut. The other fault it had was a dispatching fault. It would do one trip successful then it would shut down until the power was turned off and on. I blamed this on the other lift not working as the lifts had a complex relay system to share calls. In the end the building owner came and cut the cables of both lifts.

[@rai.shraavan]

Sadness

[@benolifts]

@@rai.shraavan It was loads of fun. We could do whatever experiments we felt like doing to the lifts. On the last days before the building was pulled down we put random objects in the pit and had the lift come down and crush it. Some of the best fun I have ever had. You can only do this sort of thing in a demolition site when the power is still on, which is rare. The things we crushed were turned into a pile of rubble days later, so what we did didn't effect anyone.

[@syaz4380]

@@benolifts oh yeah that video! I remembered that

[@rai.shraavan]

@@benolifts can you please tell me do you have that video on KZbin

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

Did you also try doing stuff such as poking random relays?

[@formerx]

What a frickin adventure! Thanks for bringing us along. Great photography.

[@lbsiuk]

Didn't expect pre doors on that lift. Nice feature to see implemented!

[@alpaljl]

This video was awesome. Great alter Otis elevator. This one could be revived quite well.

[@theredacted3590]

I've always loved seeing abandoned placess like these, its like a part of history, slowly rotting away.

[@wisteela]

Pure awesome. I'd also be interested in seeing that old stuff left in storage, what looks like a really old TV, adding machines, test gear, etc.

[@schweizerd6303]

the place is definately haunted and infested with goons good place for a vampire movie, the cross on that lift window is scary like its trying to keep something at bay

[@SamSitar]

very solid for an abandoned building.

[@Freedom42069]

This is one of the most interesting videos I have ever watched

[@elevatorman427]

awesome good to see an old elevator still running

[@barharmie]

"Please don't attempt this stuff yourself - we are professional idiots." LOLLLL

[@DylanLTindall]

The fact that this elevator is able to run at all is a true testament of how elevators were built back then.

[@IanGSully]

9:20 Better watch out there.

[@HardDriveGuruOfficial]

Everything about this is amazing!!!

[@polybius223]

1:55 instantly nerded out over everything electronic in that room, especially those old calculators!

[@LY-jk1cl]

I used to keep a plastic chopstick with me at work if I needed a lift key (I worked at an elevator company) cause it definitely came in handy! Love this crusty old unit!

[@najatsallak270]

Wait a sec, you made this channel in 6 years, and you hace 5 subscribers, *SAME AS ME BUT THE NAME OF THE CHANNEL AND PHOTO :D*

[@drasse6163]

When you're parents are asleep and you want a midnight snack DOOR: 6:12

[@baelevatorsmore728]

Facts

[@antharro]

Fantastic old Otis! Of course it still works, that stuff was built to last. Neat placement of equipment in the machine room too, having the DC gen next to the motor. Thanks for the vid. :)

[@ajs2120]

Interesting setup. Single phase with a DC generator, also never seen the gen so close to the actual motor.

[@chunkouschunkykethup1761]

Theres something about elevators that are kinda creepy to me. I dont normally find elevators creepy and im not afraid of them, its just this one elevator and the fact that its moving at 8:16 with nobody inside it that just freaks me the hell out. Not to mention the fact that it hasn't been used in so long.

[@UzumakiNarutoX3]

That is one proper lift. No comparison to the modern tin cans!

[@lbsiuk]

Like Schindler 3300! Tin can lift.

[@ElyseHorvath]

This is rather cool looks like you found yourself an old Otis !

[@LachieVidsTransportVlogs]

Those relay sound bring a smile to my face

[@ElevatorsInternational]

Very cool vintage elevator!

[@Michael-ut6zb]

These are called Psych wards, behavioral hospitals and are the worse state funded hospitals because they use the bare minimum they do not give a damn about the people. Its like being in a place where you can't leave and you are with disturbed patients and criminals. Your given or forced medications. And you could be subject to physical and verbal abuse from patients as well as bad staff. It is not a fun environment. It's like your an animal. Stripped of all dignity. Normally a person admitted in this case will be suffering from psychosis at the time of admission. YOU will never come back once you go in, your body yes but the drugs they'll put you on will basically make you brain dead. So it's absolutely terrifying. We call them Psychiatric hospitals. Some are better then others, in the USA state ones are the worst generally speaking. A private psych ward has a large amount of benefits that the state doesn't have and they don't treat you like a retard or prisoner, for those who can afford it. It is Scary. Stressful. Uncontrolled. Unpredictable. All you can do is remember you're surrounded by the craziest people in that part of the state...you will see things you will never forget.

[@abc-ni9uw]

Next time your there I'm gonna invite myself and bring a few beers :)

[@7chekee]

good luck trying to find out where it is

[@Bobs2cents]

Why is there a Cross in the elevator window?😳

[@mannyistheman2221]

It was a Catholic Hospital St Marys was a Catholic Hospital

[@mannyistheman2221]

@@SkyMegatrends Thanks for sharing :) looks like some work was done on it. Runs well.

[@traceymixon4824]

Runs better than most elevators I've used

[@baelevatorsmore728]

For as decrepit as this building is, the elevator is in amazing condition! The relay setups and the motors look to be holding together very well. I don’t know about the black button fixtures or that door operator though. Both of those need a bit of TLC. Amazing elevator video!

[@elevatorswithESH]

This elevator just amazes me in a sketchy abandoned building like this.

[@gatoinsanowasaa7664]

👍 this is Lift Otis 60s.

[@ElyseHorvath]

Also be careful with that flyball governor lol

[@Photoelectric_Elevators]

If you look closely through the window as the elevator is moving, it’s completely black instead of a white door. This means the door was most likely opened on 3 which signifies that someone defeated the door mechanism for it to run with the door open which is incredibly dangerous.

[@wastemanagementfan1161]

Nice elevator machine room always wanted to see it

[@jk86tech]

Thats a cool lift in an creapy environment. Very interesting experiment to drive a 3phase lift with one phase + converter. I bet it was able to go up and down so relativly well, because the 3phase "only" had to spin the ward-leonard set and the drive motor ran from the generated DC. Is this elevator still there? I really enjoyed this video! :)

[@nomusicrc]

I love that those are brushed motors I thought they would be electromagnetic I love that everything in that room is mechanical

[@iwantthe80sback59]

Geezus everything about this vid is creepy. But it’s Friday night, really late and it’s a thunderstorm outside so I’m lovin’ it!

[@xmandough]

They had to put a cross in front of that elevator for a reason. The cross is keeping it running. 😂

[@doctorsilver3365]

I would be so scared to turn any switches on or to get into this elevator!!

[@EWPA14]

Wow, that building's like a time-capsule! The elevator definitely needs some work. It needs some new buttons, & a new door-operator, but other than that, it seems ok. I definitely wouldn't have done what you guys did, esp. w/ touching the relays w/ your bare hands. I would have grabbed a near-by object to touch the relays. I also would have let it go up & down a few times before riding it, esp. since it hasn't been inspected since the early-90s.

[@XeroZenith]

Yeah, being the camera guy, I had to make sure I didn't ground myself out and accidentally touch anything while moving around. I have been zapped a few times haha.

[@TheDiskMaster]

This is absolutely incredible. I would do a lot more urbex if I didn't think I would get arrested and or killed.

[@SoutheastElevatoes]

What was that weird motor in the control room that was humming when you turned the power on?

[@kennykbe]

A rotary phase converter. Make 3 phase power from single phase

[@lbsiuk]

I think that is a DC Generator.

[@basstrackers9893]

Dc Generator

[@elevatorswithESH]

I’m amazed that you guys didn’t have to mod this elevator. Also this thing looks to have door issues but I’ve certainly seen worse than this. How were you guys able to get this vintage Otis elevator working?

[@XeroZenith]

we got it working as best we could with what we had, never was at 100% though. tried to restore the relay panel to full operation and put some carpeting in the cab.

[@elevatorswithESH]

@@XeroZenith well obviously you guys had some skills. You should redo this video to do an update on this vintage Otis elevator.

[@aboutmedicine2659]

Beautiful old Otis elevatore I love the action of the relays

[@benedekhalda-kiss9737]

Nice lift. And amazing pre doors

[@televisionandcheese]

I love the character of this old otis

[@joeyc1563]

Imagine you’re exploring this place on that creepy 2nd floor and these guys are in the control room and then the elevator stops and opens on 2 all by itself…

[@tandy5811]

yall are absolutely nuts for doing that, but you guys got balls for riding a vintage elevator that could have snapped on yall 2.

[@gisellemata8147]

Each stop is like a portal to different realms

[@SocksThePup]

Imagine trying to spend the night here and hearing this thing open up

[@Sa1rls]

Epic Elevator

[@mannyistheman2221]

it looks like the elevator had not been used in a while but for something that hasn't been used somebody obviously has been doing something to take care of it. It looks like the machine room is an otherwise pretty good shape and the equipment looks pretty good

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

you saw the interior obviously no one mainted it

[@mannyistheman2221]

@@beedslolkuntus2070 but I will say for an elevator that had not been used since the early 90s it ran pretty well. I think that thing can actually be salvaged. I think it can be restored it would require a bit of money but that elevator is a testament to how things lasted. good things used to be built to last and stuff they make the day if it had not run in many years would probably not work

[@davetech1269]

Also love that old abandoned elevator sounds almost the same as the elevators at the old offices my workplace moved out of lmao.

[@_TrianGs_]

3:13 youtube subtitles : [MuSiC] Oh yeah awesome music would need a 10 hours compilation Oh yeah and also at 3:44 i thought: hm! Enderman

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Epic video!

[@lbsiuk]

I think that the only thing missing from here is a mrmattandmrchay multi camera video.

[@emttow7758]

@@lbsiuk your very right lol

[@MrRafa1919]

I was waiting for your comment, friend Matt!

[@acrectified]

So I know how to get access to this elevator. PM me

[@richi1074]

Btw, I would love this clip with the Halloween tune playing. Scary place.

[@llamafrhd]

Seeing that machine room filled to the brim with contractors is an awesome sight. No computers just some old logic

[@dylanfoxaygameh5281]

O M L i cant thank you enough, ive been looking for vids of people going into abandoned places and actually touching and starting old machinery and powering abandoned machinery or building and turning stuff on,, idk why i just reaaaaallly love that kind of stuff xD very interesting, Thank YOu :3 you get a sub from me. you are the kind of person/guys i love that do this kind of stuff that you did in this video :3

[@ilikeyugiohandstuff]

Lots of spirits in that place. Blood on the elevator door and walls though... something bad has happened... psych wards have a lot of negative energy due to unstable people

[@EWPA14]

Nice old Otis! Old Otis door-operators are weird.

[@SoulTunaVidz]

What job do you have that lets you do this? I’d love to get into this career path

[@stephens5093]

The relay logic is very satisfying to listen to

[@edwinhesse11]

Is the motor next to the electrical panel the phase inverter? I was wondering why you had it running as it’s obviously not part of the elevator.

[@matd4364]

No drop key no problem ! Thanks for making this, really cool.

[@joshdavenport5685]

Seems to just have a messed up door opener. The actual parts that make it go up and down seem to be fine.

[@jessiebrown8843]

That motor sounds okay-ish, leaks bad tho

[@Ryan96se]

Very interesting. Watching in 2023. Would have loved to have gone on this adventure 🙂

[@38911bytefree]

Nice to see an elevator this old tht still can operate with its matching DC gen close together, perfect candidate to be replaced with a VFD a beeping controller and a tiny motor with histerical high pitched carrier. Dont forget the cardboard made cabin flimcy

[@julesjackson4855]

So where exactly is this? Like what state or county

[@Bombiedude.]

The inside of the elevator actually looks in really good shape apart from the button panel falling apart

[@knuteboy3778]

What if the door opened up at 6:15 and there was a person sitting in that chair just staring into that doorway.

[@Catchwitt05]

Is this a different abandoned hospital from the one you own now?

[@syllomusic]

Felt like I was playing the original Half-Life demo during some of those lift-door openings

[@pizza-hm9wf]

I can't believe that they stepped into that elavater while it was half up and down.LOL

[@gmp3809]

That place must have had many deaths, I have never seen so many spirit orbs floating about

[@hindsight1820]

It is called dust. That place hasn't been cleaned probably since the 1990s (as he indicates). My house gets dusty in ONE day!!! Any movement such as walking around or an elevator moving (that hasn't in 20 some years) is going to stir that up. Dust is HIGHLY reflective!!! Don't believe me? Take a picture of undusted furniture with a flash!! it almost glows!!

[@enterchannelname7568]

Dust

[@johncarcher]

This is a good video and all, but I would like to say this. Please be careful. Touching 200+ Volt Relays could kill you, that's why I recommend using something non-conducive and harmless to poke them with.

[@Melonthefox]

Is this the same place you own now

[@staind288]

That's my question!

[@alexmcface]

I don’t think it is

[@bct_planespotter5598]

What does jamming the wire into the door do? How does it open it?

[@jeremymartorana7516]

Xxswag_dawgxX Think of it as one of those buttons that’s on the back of your modem, it’s a fail safe switch. Resets the door motor mechanism.

[@jeffdobkin9478]

Simulates an elevator key. The ones I made from a coathanger worked well when I bent the coathanger into a Z shape.

[@hamiltonfangirl1765]

Ok, I get that this place used to be a psyc ward, but what's with all the blood?

[@hamiltonfangirl1765]

@@SkyMegatrends it says in the description the place is St. Mary's Hospital (in the south eastern USA), but that doesn't really answer my question, as there are many hospitals called St. Mary's and St. James

[@nelsonahlvik6650]

00:06:45 Too late. It's called a safety break, and i like doing it on lifts since sometimes they stop really violently and it's really fun.

[@alekseistaroko1170]

Why there is electricity in abandoned building?

[@KIRBZVIDS]

love this video what a cool old lift

[@CV01S]

Bro do not enter this building again. If you enter do not open the lights. They can burn be careful.

[@tkeforever4809]

Is all that stuff flying around, spirits of old patients?

[@evana6425]

Good to see historic things that I tremendously love

[@weezerfan3571]

pre resonance cascade gordon

[@user2C47]

I'm surprised such a tiny converter could fully power a motor that big without overheating or stalling.

[@kennykbe]

It's really only powering the generator.

[@XeroZenith]

It took some fine tuning and a few blown capacitors to get it to run. We ended up going with a higher voltage to run the MG set so it'd draw less amps from the mains. We also made sure we didn't over-volt/stress the motor too, one time we got the phasing wrong LOL.

[@jessiebrown8843]

That sound tho when u turned it on is not a really friendly sound