i'd almost given up hope but then IT OPENED UP! YESSSSSSSSSS!
@FLCollection6202 жыл бұрын
First
@HibomMan Жыл бұрын
50th like!!
@bradenrobison1969 Жыл бұрын
At least they installed a nice KONE instead of a cheap generic lift.
@HardDriveGuruOfficial6 жыл бұрын
This is a gorgeous lift! Even including the walls, that just adds to the time capsule vibe. Definitely looking forward to the next video! (The curvature of the video does give me a bit of a headache though, just wanted to point that out. :))
@thewildeeper6 жыл бұрын
Great video and great find! Looking forward to part 2
@kkahn35535 жыл бұрын
thewildeeper You should team up with mrmattandmrchay
@kkahn35535 жыл бұрын
And film old lifts
@dykodesigns6 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was a suprise! You really wouldn’t have expected it to still work with a new ecodisc besides it and the unresponsive buttons. But there’s still some life left in that lift. It’s got a cosy interiour too. I have never see an Otis lift with blackbuttons in such a slim-line door frame design. I wonder how similair it is “under the hood” to the Flohr-Otis “Pira/Pilo” model lifts with swing doors from the late 60’s / early 70’s that where quite common in germany and the netherlands. Those lifts had some interresting door designs that are quite unique in their styling. Sadly there are not many of them around anymore and I’ve last been in one in 2004 when my grandfather was still alive in an elderly home.
@PL1Lifts6 жыл бұрын
2:53 you can see the bulb for 5 slightly light up.
@Michael-iw2me5 жыл бұрын
PotatoLift1 same
@washinglad14004 жыл бұрын
Yup
@morthren6 жыл бұрын
What a really nice find! I didn't think anything would still be around so original!
@JamesPetts6 жыл бұрын
I love the wall carpet.
@imaginox96 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for part 2 ! For the drag race, on one side we have an old Otis lift and on the other, a brand new Kone. The Kone has "intelligent leveling", where the lift brakes smoothly in one clean shot to be perfectly lined up with the floor, and the Otis has "classic leveling", where the doors open during the leveling period, and both appear to go at the same speed. But the Otis might win for its instant start and early doors opening.
@Bombiedude.8 ай бұрын
3:40 I really like that indicator its really cool how it looks like its built into the door frame
@NHGMitchell Жыл бұрын
Thanks for blurring out (almost) all the identifying information and giving me such an intriguing puzzle to solve. It took me a while but I did manage to identify the location in the end!
@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын
Id be interested to see what I missed and how you found it. Pls let me know. I don't plan to blur it any further, but I do like to protect the places that I've found :) Did you go there? Wondering if it's still there?
@NHGMitchell Жыл бұрын
@@mrmattandmrchay Did you get the reply I posted? it seems to have disappeared.
@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын
No, it's not appeared. Maybe you posted a link or something and youtube rejected it.
@lbsiuk6 жыл бұрын
OK, this is the most exited I have ever been for a mrmattandmrchay video.
@mrmattandmrchay6 жыл бұрын
wow, cool! I just hope part 2 is not an 'anti-climax''
@Moffix056 жыл бұрын
This is an epic lift. I wish there were epic lifts like this where I live
@jani1406 жыл бұрын
I don't understand why everything in the age of HD has theese crap 16-bit blares on it when even the old ones made such a lovely harmonic ding. It's not only the lifts, also rail crossings and Things. The real bells decades ago sounded so much more high quality. Ok, it usually was...
@kkahn35535 жыл бұрын
I think the buttons on the ground floor worked, you just didn’t wait long enough. Amazing old Otis! Great vid!
@mrmattandmrchay5 жыл бұрын
yep, there were people using it :)
@kkahn35535 жыл бұрын
How do you get the good sound quality with your newer GoPro? I also have a GoPro 7 but the sound is awful
@kkahn35535 жыл бұрын
Also, what editing software do you use? Could I run it on a Mac?
@themaconeau6 жыл бұрын
Wonder if you could start a UK Lift Preservation Society, preserving historical lifts and get funding for that. 🤔
@Schlipperschlopper2 ай бұрын
Those AC-DC mechanical generator and rectifier sets are called "Leonardsatz" in Germany
@miked22106 ай бұрын
This Ots equipment was/is known as 'standard Housing' as it was installed in many blocks of flats, sometimes as a 'Skip Floor' installation each lift serving alternate floors one for odd floors and one for evens floors. Much of the equipment it was prefabricated aluminium alloy entrance and arrived on site pre assembled frames very basic.
@jackhewitt79026 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of my first time riding in a relay controlled lift I was rather Erie experience nothing but silence and the occasional creak But old lifts don’t bother me anymore more in fact I prefer them especially when you consider that I got stuck in a modernised stannah for over an hour ! Like lifts but I’m not sure they like me
@MichalM6 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for Part 2!!!
@PL1Lifts6 жыл бұрын
I have only seen 1 Otis Black Button in my country. That type of Kone (KSS 570) is also rare. Instead we get horrible cheaper KDS buttons.
@DiamondDoesStuff6 жыл бұрын
Hurry up and post part 2! I can't wait any longer! :)
@mrmattandmrchay6 жыл бұрын
10-15 minutes and it'll be up! How's that for a speedy mrmattandmrchay service? ;)
@peterdeutscher1442 Жыл бұрын
You'll needs patience, let him alone way to it is.
@ALANSWEETIES996 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's cool these elevators.... How incredible to find is! ^_^
@mrmattandmrchay6 жыл бұрын
Luck rather than judgement!
@misterwint6 жыл бұрын
Great lift. Looking forward to seeing the next video.
@zaidmaaita375911 ай бұрын
1:57 I would imagine the lift saying "SIKE!!! I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU!!! 😁❤️"
@MichaelAStanhope6 жыл бұрын
With the new one there its days are likely numbered. Of course, if you fix it up, you may give it a new lease on life!
@SamSitar6 жыл бұрын
his fixes are very nice.
@Alexis_du_606 жыл бұрын
Even still it would have been ripped out in a few years anyways.
@jaedenspider8772 жыл бұрын
I've been in an elevator with the ionic '80s Schindler chime
@compactc92 жыл бұрын
I've always pronounced Kone "Cone". Learn something new every day!
@izools6 жыл бұрын
Really nicely edited and put together too Matt, great work here :D
@stevenwhitehead24744 жыл бұрын
Very lucky to get a look at the motor room
@Razdanilo6 жыл бұрын
This OTIS is sooo beautiful...
@compactc92 жыл бұрын
That generator sound! I've heard that in elevators before! I just assumed it was the main motor or some nonsense.
@JasonRandle6 жыл бұрын
It has unique character! Great video!
@Schlipperschlopper5 жыл бұрын
The good old 1970s quality! Try this with chinese lifts in 40 years!
@slendermanRblx6 жыл бұрын
When will you end the final broadmoor siren tour with siren M? Ascot skate park
@historiclift276 жыл бұрын
Love these old things. The oldest elevator that I have been on here in the states was modernized in the late 1940’s or early 50’s to have those pop out buttons but it was still a gated elevator from 1910.
@Ben-fr8gi Жыл бұрын
One thing I appreciate about these old lifts is they're fast. They never hang around, soon as you push a button the motor whirs up and it's on it's way, then when you're in the lift as soon as you push the button for your floor it's off. You can see how fast it went from floor 6 to zero in this video. I don't know why, but a lot of modern lifts seem to have a long pause between the button press and doing anything, and they're not usually so fast moving either
@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын
yes, no waiting around. Doors close, completes a circuit, activates a relay and it's moving! Nowadays, software - doors close, software checks this, checks that, start increasing motor speed via the VFD drive, etc.
@user-kp6xf4gf7t2 ай бұрын
@@mrmattandmrchayYeah. I’ve ridden a gated Otis from 1951 (in the US), and as soon as you press the button the gate slams shut, the lift starts up, and being a two-speed lift, levels very quickly in stages.
@ajs21206 жыл бұрын
Excellent video and what a great find! Hope you manage to get access to the motor room...
@ReeceL1016 жыл бұрын
A Really Awesome blend between an Awesome Original Otis lift and an Awesome Kone Ecodisc!
@Bombiedude. Жыл бұрын
I even bet back in the 70s when that was installed it was meant to look futuristic because alot of them back in the day had a classic wood look to them
@johnkinder56772 жыл бұрын
Vintage British Otis is very cool.
@dhelton408 ай бұрын
I remember that many of these cycled the motor generator set off if the car wasn't move for a set period of time. Late at night or on weekends there was a delay when the car was called so the motor generator set could come to speed.
@DCC--vq1ng4 жыл бұрын
How come at this place there is still have this vintage otis lift left in place? But it is a good thing to see these old lifts!
@manzanitakatznellenbogen2870 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't have been at all surprised if that lift opened up onto The Overlook Hotel ballroom!
@emmareporter6 жыл бұрын
next vid here in a couple days? and if so or later i of course will love the video as i always do matt thanks for delivering such good elevator content
@Bombiedude.2 жыл бұрын
The cab actually looks to be in really good shape apart from the paint on the ceiling peeling off
@Bombiedude. Жыл бұрын
Well you got there just in time because this awsome piece of mass engineering is probably long gone now
@VOLTRONDEFENDER44402 жыл бұрын
I have seen old Otis black button when I visited Canada,unfortunately when I ride up some of the call button lights didn’t work
@europa2000man6 жыл бұрын
Excellent lift. I would go for the old Otis lift any day. Despite being in a bit of a poor state, its still a class lift. Million times better than most (if not all) modern day lifts.
@the_alex_ellis_channel69236 жыл бұрын
That Ecodisc has KONE's new voice installed, which means it can only been around 1-2 years old at most.
@ZZ9ProductionsOFFICIAL6 жыл бұрын
the new design for the capacity as well, so it's 2016 or newer i think
@CJ_75212 жыл бұрын
the floor of the building matches the elevator interior. the floor interior: 0:00 elevator interior 2:32 2:37
@andreasu.35462 жыл бұрын
7:39 They're expecting the passengers to be rather slim, 540 kg / 8 persons is only 67.5 kg per passenger. All elevators I've seen (mostly in Germany) assume an average passenger weight of 75 kg. Is that difference because of old vs. new or is it UK vs DE?
@jonjohnson12596 жыл бұрын
Nice video are the floor indicator lamps neon bulbs? Some of them a a slight flickers glow like if it had an old tired neon bulb in it
@ZZ9ProductionsOFFICIAL5 жыл бұрын
where are these lifts located?
@ag63712 жыл бұрын
Quite rare for the generators to switch on and off instead of running 24/7
@KIRBZVIDS5 жыл бұрын
i came across a motor room like this but sadly it did not work but this is so cool to see one working i love older lift stuff than the moderen crap
@mrmattandmrchay5 жыл бұрын
I bet it's been modernised by now though!
@KIRBZVIDS5 жыл бұрын
@@mrmattandmrchay be a shame if thay have :/
@DevonCornwallTransportVideos6 жыл бұрын
One of the nicest looking lifts ive seen in a video for a while! Carpet walls that match the floor ones. Amazing! I guess in the next part where you fix it up it was your own idea or hired todo so?
@peterdeutscher14426 жыл бұрын
Nice elevators place here these... Excellent to find!
@AlexL134876 жыл бұрын
0:40 you can see V key hole :)
@juoig77992 жыл бұрын
This is a cool old lift. Unfortunately, it's bound to get either modernised, torn out, or permanently decommissioned. If I had to modify this lift, I'd do the first option, modernise. I would keep the old fixtures, but switch the really inefficient halogen and incandescent bulbs for much more efficient LEDs. Then, I'd repaint the lift's car so it doesn't look like it's falling apart anymore. I'd oil the tracks to eliminate the scary sounds and I would leave it at that, maybe replacing the doors.
@mrmattandmrchay2 жыл бұрын
I love the scary sounds, adds to the personality! :) The carpets on the walls is very 70s, but really, paint get scratched and needs touching up, but a carpet - wears for much longer!
@the_2_td_s Жыл бұрын
I like the KONE more
@jacksonslaterelevatorraila64446 жыл бұрын
Very well done.
@呵呵呵呵-l6i6 жыл бұрын
Is any DC generator in the motorroom of the express DMR? I feel it is a verbal speed ac motor.
@mrmattandmrchay6 жыл бұрын
Yes...the generators in the DMR video are the 'pods' which are mounted vertically that I show you in this video briefly
@marksmith-ew7ir6 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for second half
@Bombiedude.2 жыл бұрын
And also like all old ones they did add a very annoying beep when the doors are open and someone is going through
@ajs21206 жыл бұрын
Is there a second part to this video? Eagerly awaiting the motor room with DC generator!
@mrmattandmrchay5 жыл бұрын
There is one more part, which "at this time" does not include the motor room.
@aybgreg6748 Жыл бұрын
Lol at the carpet on the walls 🧱
@Trootsbloxplayzthemetalfan Жыл бұрын
Does the KONE lift landing indicator really do that? or is it the camera?
@Alexander_l3226 жыл бұрын
Wow I don't know how I thud video appeared to me but my Nan has a Otis lift in here care home. The door opens just before the lift has actually got to thr floor you want! It's funny.
@Bombiedude.3 жыл бұрын
The wierd thing is the door open button was at the top of the floor buttons instead of the bottom
@idl3k_elev6 жыл бұрын
Now that's what I call an old vs new. Also love the vintage black call buttons are on the lift door frames along with the lamps. Look forward for part 2!
@ag63716 жыл бұрын
This would have a copper plate floor selector as it’s DC
@wxstream8005 Жыл бұрын
I'll bet I know why you were scared of these. Up until 1974 many of these here in USA had removable side panels which opened to the shaft, they were made to be "rescue elevators" where they could use manual controls to get alongside a disabled car, extend a ramp (brought along from the office) and open the other side panels so basically stuck occupants could walk to the other car. The ramp had pop up rails and it worked usually however, many times people got hurt so it was fire department only for 2 years and then it was forbidden I'm not sure what happened but someone must have been killed. The empire state building elevators were designed this way too but after the bomber flew into it they made changes rendering car to car impossible. If you were a kid and saw into the shaft through the side or the window some of these had you'd be terrified. I was scared of freight elevators because I saw someone kidnapped from a sideways view, it was arms grabbing someone from where the elevator was, then screams as it went to a lower floor.. I thought freight elevators had monsters in them until age of 6... is it the shift view or the shift window view, even today looking into the Washington monument shift from the observation deck stairs still scares me and it's inside a cage..
@Bombiedude.8 ай бұрын
Even though I do like kone its such ashame that its not as reliable as the old otis ones were and this is why many people say that older ones are actually better because they work really well
@metro_ken4 жыл бұрын
They should’ve had them both running on the same controller like the old and new ones in selfridges in Manchester while one was modded but the other one hadn’t yet
@levigaming-1 Жыл бұрын
I’d defently ride this otis but then again the ecodisc is tempting
@battytec6 жыл бұрын
That is one epic lift. At least the new lift is a KONE and not a Gen2 or even worse... A generic!
@ZacharyRodriguezVlogs6 жыл бұрын
You gotta appreciate the unmodernised lifts. They're a thing of beauty, really.
@LevelCrossingFan923 жыл бұрын
Hey there Zach, we have some matching names. Is that as cool as this lift?
@Alexis_du_606 жыл бұрын
Its days are numbered, just like the old Pifre-Otis scissor-gated (!!!) elevator in Brest that someone filmed.
@electricrobotman6 жыл бұрын
There a otis lift like this in house of fraser in Cardiff
@Paul-mv1sj6 жыл бұрын
which house of Fraser?
@electricrobotman6 жыл бұрын
@@Paul-mv1sj House of Fraser In Cardiff Wales
@ANDREWWALLFORD1236 жыл бұрын
Loves this old elevator... You know guess looks like is? Is looks like Bennie lift this doors. How could be work fixtures the lights out to it this elevator going on?
@urgentkestrel79903 жыл бұрын
Have they allowed you to fix the bulbs ? 💡
@mrmattandmrchay3 жыл бұрын
They didn't, we simply moved the light bulb panel and it worked. In a way, we fixed it by accident! :)
@Paul-mv1sj6 жыл бұрын
Can you disclose the info of where this is, please? Even if you have to tell me in a private message or email. I really want to see my first old Otis lift!
@fab555trainspottingandmore2 жыл бұрын
I hope its still there 😐
@simontay48516 жыл бұрын
Why use an AC motor to drive a DC motor as a generator and not just rectify and smooth with capacitors the 3ph mains to high voltage DC? Wouldn't that more power efficient and cheaper than a big 3ph AC motor driving a big DC generator? High voltage, high current bridge rectifiers (even 3ph ones) are not very expensive.
@agoodm6 жыл бұрын
I am guessing because inexpensive high current rectifiers had not been invented when this lift was built? A rectifier would of probably been a vacuum tube in those days... I dont think smooth control of AC motors was possible until the invention of VFD drive which was literally many decades after this lift would of been built.
@cjmillsnun6 жыл бұрын
You're talking about a different era. Semiconductors were very expensive when this lift was installed. The whole lift controls are done via relay logic and mechanical floor selectors. This lift is from the 70s and is based on proven technology of the time. (This type of logic was installed throughout the 60s and 70s and right up until the mid 80s). Also the output voltage may not be the same as the three phase supply. An advantage of using a DC generator is that you only need one component in the traction system to be at the local voltage. The DC generator can be the same as one used throughout the world with only the AC motor being local to the country. And yes nowadays that can be done through DC-DC conversion, but again that is from an era that dates from after this lift.
@simontay48516 жыл бұрын
Ok. Ive watched his other videos on lift relay logic. I didn't realise this particular lift was that old. solid state devices (not necessarily silicon) certainly did exist back then though. I look forward to part 2.
@psirvent86 жыл бұрын
Semiconductors were very expensive but have you ever heard about Mercury Arc Rectifiers ?
@simontay48516 жыл бұрын
Yes, i know of mercury arc rectifiers. i remember watching a video a few years ago by photonicinduction where he powered up a mercury arc rectifier. They glowed blue when energised.
@owensanto4004K6 жыл бұрын
What’s the brand of that Kone lift?
@juwayriyasworld20115 жыл бұрын
The Otis Lift has no lights and chimes
@areenp53206 жыл бұрын
Wow! I love this classic elevator, but one question with whom you had done the drag race??
@mrmattandmrchay6 жыл бұрын
I give this person a mention in part 2 :)
@sidnotgod5 жыл бұрын
@@mrmattandmrchay Where is part two?
@ElTipoEspañol2 жыл бұрын
Is that OTIS still there?
@therealvbw5 жыл бұрын
PART 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4jbipSfr7J2edU
@James-d5u5t Жыл бұрын
I wonder how the owner of the building dared to replace the 1st lift.
@byagency86075 жыл бұрын
It should have a Full bridge rectifier
@marklatimer73336 ай бұрын
Bicycle "Bottle" Dynamos actually generate AC.
@MichalM6 жыл бұрын
1:10 The give away!!! Of course it's working!!!
@dngunder6 жыл бұрын
Well spotted man!
@MichalM6 жыл бұрын
@@dngunder Thanks!!!
@gabrielcoyle90495 жыл бұрын
Does it still exist and work
@stevenwhitehead24744 жыл бұрын
Is it part 1
@sayemalam8075 жыл бұрын
O2 said ouch
@DANEBLUEGNOME6 жыл бұрын
You know this lift are made from???
@danieltransit7677 Жыл бұрын
Is the building abandoned?
@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын
Nope, it's a working building. I do wonder if this is still there or not, was a while ago now. I'm guessing it's been modernised.
@danieltransit7677 Жыл бұрын
@@mrmattandmrchay Are you still going to go this building to see the elevator ?