Welcome to my channel. I grew up in central Arkansas with a fascination of elevators. Even when I became stuck in one in the mid 1980's, I stopped riding them for a few years. Even though I was terrified to ride them during this time, I still would call the elevator and would reach in pressing a button to send it away so I could hear the sounds of the hydraulic pumps and relay machines. I then conquered my fear and began riding them and continue to do so. I would say my favorite brand was Montgomery as that is the first elevator I can recall ever riding. Now that I have aged and rode many more, I feel that the most reliable elevators are Dover's from the 1960-1970's. My favorite type is hydraulic due to the motor sounds. Every day, I go through my subscriptions and place the elevator videos in a watch list so I never miss a good elevator video. While I'm not perfect at filming them, I do hope you enjoy my channel. Feel free to subscribe and I will do the same.
I'm guessing the little compartment on the EECO hydraulic power unit that says for fire department and emergency use only is either the lowering device or the drop key.
@neaelevator That’s nice man! Have fun in Oklahoma City! I hope you can go to to an Oklahoma City Thunder Game one day! I’ve never been to OKC, but will do one day to go see the Thunder play!
Reminds me of a Montgomery at a Macy's at a mall near me which was low on oil. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the elevators were last inspected in 2017 so I notified the staff there.
I hope you had permission to do this. Because using elevators keys unauthorized without permission is considered illegal and can be against the law depending on what you are doing with the key. However, owning an elevator key, that is legal and totally ok
He is authorized personnel in the building shown. Similarly, in downtown where I live, I'm authorized in a building not far from my house to use my keys.
I’ve always been curious as to what would happen if you turned the phase 2 key switch on inside the elevator without turning the phase 1 key switch on? Would phase 1 still activate or would nothing at all happen since phase 1 was never activated before the phase 2 switch was activated?
