Elevator wiring diagrams

Wiring diagrams are the elevator technician’s roadmap to how to repair your elevator system.  The State of Illinois current elevator code requires elevator wiring diagrams for the buildings specific elevator to be in the elevator machine room.  This is very difficult for older elevator systems where a few different elevator companies may have completed maintenance or modernization work at the building.  At times the wiring diagrams walk off intentionally or unintentionally[elevator mechanic has a similar elevator at a different building and may have good intentions on returning them].  The important part for building owners to know is that they should make copies of the existing wire diagrams and keep a copy in the building files so they always have a set.  The reason I suggest making copies is when there is a call on Saturday at 2pm, the responding elevator technician may not be your typical route person, if there are no wiring diagrams, they may be at a loss with our the wiring diagrams.  If the building has a set in their files it will get the elevator system back up and running quicker, reducing down time and expense.  If you know as a building owner you do not have wiring diagrams, contact your elevator maintenance company, typically we can find what you are looking for or something similar that will work.   If the building is going to make copies of the wiring diagrams, make sure the originals get put back in the elevator room, sometimes this is forgotten.  With that said, I need to order wiring diagrams for a building whose wiring diagrams where recently “lost”.

Here is a video of elevator wiring diagrams.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwJ6LV-3HYc

 

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