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Friday, March 1, 2013

postheadericon Schindler Hydraulic Elevator @ Burlington Coat Factory (23rd St. & 6th Ave.), New York, NY

Schindler Hydraulic Elevator @ Burlington Coat Factory (23rd St. & 6th Ave.), New York, NY Tube. Duration : 6.05 Mins.


This was a pretty basic Schindler with MT fixtures, probably a 300A at that. It had a pretty big cab, as it appears that they use this as a service/freight elevator (and I've seen them roll carts onto this), though the fire exit plan shows they have freight/service elevators in the store. I put the elevator in independent service with the OC01 key briefly when we got to 1 to make sure the car didn't go down to C, as there was obviously a call down to that floor (the indicator lit up down on 1, which would only happen if there were a call on C), and C is an employee level, so I didn't want to risk being thrown out for videotaping. I took the elevator out of independent service IMMEDIATELY after it started moving back up. Strange thing was, on one ride, the floor passing chimes remained off after I put the elevator back in normal service as if the elevator were still in independent service, which, I guess, is how Schindler's fine and dandy controllers work. Do not flame me for using the keys or putting the elevator in IS, as it was only done very briefly and to avoid being seen by employees and possibly thrown out of the store. If you do, your comment will be removed and you will be blocked, no questions asked. Also, I dropped the camera in this video and closed the lens cover, causing it to shut off, one of the only bad features with the Sony T-Series cameras. I made another video and spliced the fail video and the other one together, which is why you see two videos in ...

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