Wiring a Dover Impulse Elevator Car Panel

Today I tackle the biggest project I have worked on to this day. Mike from Automatic Elevator gave this MASSIVE Dover Impulse panel to me, and the moment I saw it, I had a goal to make it function and interactive. In this video, we will take a detailed look at the panel, AND I'll show you the basic process I took to make this panel work! It was a long and tedious process, but in the end, it was all worth it. Hope you enjoy :)
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[@LiftInspector]

I just love these parts video with the how in depth it all is, how it's runned through, how it's been edited and the ambient music in the background which makes it all so professional! Fantastic work, Jason!

[@stlelevators]

Thanks :) I put a lot of time into these projects.

[@samuelrivera208]

I agree with Lift Inspector

[@ogClockTV]

Wow this is so cool!

[@stlelevators]

Thanks! I spent a long time on it.

[@adamb6271]

YES!!! The wiring videos are back!!!!!!

[@TheElevatorandAirplaneFinder]

This is some of your best work! Awesome work Dude!

[@acivilizedhuman]

I like how in-depth you went into each component, all the way down to the lamp socket in each button. This video taught me a lot about Dover Impulse fixtures, and now I feel that Dover was very smart to make a repeating design that is also easy to customize nicely.

[@stlelevators]

The only issue with them is how annoying they are to change out in the panel. For the most part, they are a great fixture design.

[@ZZ9ProductionsOFFICIAL]

i couldn't even imagine trying to figure out how to wire that, how do you do it XD

[@stlelevators]

A lot of time and frustration :P

[@ZZ9ProductionsOFFICIAL]

@@stlelevators i'd be that person who would experience about 7% of that frustration and then just give up XD

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

@@ZZ9ProductionsOFFICIAL the newer Dover button micro switch is the same one used in arcade buttons

[@d0g3br34d]

impulses are one of the most modular elevators i've ever seen with all the movable switches n buttons and spacers and whatnot

[@stlelevators]

They're a pain to work on though.

[@ElevatorsInternational]

This is so cool! Great work!

[@APR2kNSP1]

That’s insanely cool. Good job on that one honestly love Dover impulse and just watching this entire video. Very good job, I wish I could do something like that

[@stlelevators]

Thanks! This project was very long and tedious, but worth it in the end!

[@JordanLoweElevaToursCanada]

Dude that panel is way too cool!

[@stlelevators]

There was a lot of time in the making. Firstly, getting it from TX to MO. Then the hours I spent wiring, programming, and troubleshooting. I actually have to rewire most of the panel since I messed up my wiring initially.

[@TheWorldOfJames_OLD]

Wow! You Actually Did It!

[@JasontheFolf]

There's a Dover Impulse elevator at my school. Still has the original fixtures. I've ridden on it. Very smooth.

[@stlelevators]

Nice!

[@dingusRealLife]

Very cool I wish I had an impulse panel but I only have a impulse call button

[@stlelevators]

I love this panel a lot, but it’s so big and bulky lol

[@SixSilverStones]

Great video, I learned a lot!

[@stlelevators]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ProspectElevators]

Most exciting elevator in the world

[@apetersenALT]

Just as famous as Impulse is, it seems like in my area (New Jersey) I can't stop finding Schindler 330As! (Schindler's American headquarters are in New Jersey which makes some sense though.)

[@stlelevators]

Well Dover was based out of Memphis, TN, so you typically find more of them in the Midwest and south. There were companies up north like Northwestern and Lagerquist who distributed Dover in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin.

[@DBoysen1]

Awesome job. I also have a section of a Dover panel I am trying to wire up for my son. Any idea what size bulbs go into the buttons?

[@isee9981]

i love that

[@BCsVators]

Thanks for wiring one of my favourite buttons again, lol. At least my MT panel is way easier than that thing.

[@stlelevators]

The only reason this thing was so complicated was because of the arduino.

[@CarloCars13]

COOL

[@ag6371]

There is another Dover/TKE Impulse panel at the elevaTOURS museum

[@stlelevators]

Yes

[@noxious_nights]

I didn't know Dover panels were so modular!

[@stlelevators]

Yeah they are, but unlike other modular fixtures, these are a HUGE PAIN to work with.

[@kellangainey]

Hi Jason. Love your videos. I am one of your blind viewers. Is it easy to find those Dover and Paul’s panels?

[@kellangainey]

Do you know anywhere where I could find Otis MicroTouch buttons thanks

[@elevatorswithESH]

This panel is so cool. The elevator at lake highlands village has a Dover impulse which it had more that were demolished has this very same panel except it has a fire service key switch. Sadly that elevator was broken today 😢

[@stlelevators]

Darn!

[@Supergamer-tx9qf]

@@stlelevators I have a Dover impulse panel, would I be able to get the code you used for the arduino to make it work?

[@stlelevators]

@@Supergamer-tx9qf Sorry, I do not share source code.

[@stevendamavandi3482]

I’d see this being used in a roleplay

[@stlelevators]

Possibly.

[@patitauiliili1221]

This is the same exact car station I had at my school before it got modernized into a thyssenkrupp

[@patitauiliili1221]

Even tho where did this panel come from?

[@stlelevators]

I actually don't know where it came from. It was given to me.

[@patitauiliili1221]

@@stlelevators oh, well cool video!

[@matthewlindstrom8728]

Where did you get this from and is it in the elevator museum

[@stlelevators]

I’m looking at this panel as I type this comment.

[@statecollegewx4060]

How did you manage to work on that?

[@stlelevators]

I spent so much time on this..... I ended up wiring it weirdly, so I had to rewire some of it and change my power supply.

[@Txdcblues]

Those switches are made by Honeywell and are VERY expensive to buy new ones so be careful with them! It's cool you have them though, everything about this project is cool!

[@stlelevators]

Which ones?

[@Txdcblues]

STL Elevators the keys and the original buttons

[@stlelevators]

They’re made by microswitch. Says right on the side.

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

did you get the light on the alarm to work it normaly has a light

[@stlelevators]

I didn’t put one in

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

@@stlelevators ahh i see

[@TechNerdNolan]

Are you an electrician? You would be really good at it!

[@stlelevators]

I'm not, though it's something I would be interested in doing!

[@TechNerdNolan]

STL Elevators Oh ok! Yeah you seam really good for the job!

[@johnelevatorfan]

Are there any websites that sell elevator panels? I would really like one to add to my small (but growing) collection.

[@stlelevators]

Not really

[@johnelevatorfan]

@@stlelevators Okay thank you. My church in Fairview Heights has a 1997 Long Elevator that might get modded from some info I've heard. I hope to get the call button and the panel. Whenever that may happen can you possibly wire it?

[@stlelevators]

How many floors? I’m trying to get ahold of a call station of the square buttons.

[@johnelevatorfan]

@@stlelevators 4 floors. 1, 2E, 2, and 3

[@johnelevatorfan]

@@stlelevators It won't be modded probably for another 2 years.

[@elevcan2312]

Can you make a video on how to wire a dover traditional floor indicator?

[@stlelevators]

What kind?

[@elevcan2312]

STL Elevators the square one.

[@stlelevators]

Is it analog or digital? Analog being a single light per floor and digital being a PI with a circuit board.

[@elevcan2312]

STL Elevators analog. I apolgize if i confused you.

[@Msranda2007]

It basically looks like the one at my church it is a 80s Dover with blue door control labels and has no fire service

[@jzban1067]

can you do making working miniature elevator withall of the thanks you wire up to make the panelwork

[@stlelevators]

I've thought about making a small elevator like that before. My only issue is getting the parts made for it.

[@littleburnrrrgaming]

1:30

[@noxious_nights]

If you do get a phone door for it, you should put a little smartphone charging dock in it

[@stlelevators]

That's a cool idea :)

[@pattv5515]

any chance you will add fire controls

[@stlelevators]

Probably not. 1. It would remove the originality of the panel, and 2. I would have to acquire all the necessary parts to do it right.

[@Txdcblues]

This likely came from a STIRIP MALL in SA

[@stlelevators]

Maybe. I don't remember where it came from.

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

For some reason Schindler door buttons do have a light so I think that’s a waste

[@patitauiliili1221]

What's the star for?

[@stlelevators]

The main floor

[@dr5film]

Any parts for dover?? ..for sale??

[@stlelevators]

Nothing for sale. I used the parts for this project.

[@littleburnrrrgaming]

130

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

When I saw Dover impulse I didn’t realize that the door close button dosent have a light I thought it has a light and it was a waste

[@stlelevators]

The way the fixtures are designed, adding a light is very easy and doesn’t really involve modifying the part.

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

@@stlelevators well for Schindler elevator they didn’t remove the light for the door button so that’s a complete waste

[@CarloCars13]

Today

[@ozapapappaozozoozz]

x

[@isee9981]

ilike