ELEVATOR MALFUNCTION! 

This is a hydraulic elevator. What it's doing is called "blowing through the floor" in the down direction. Unit valve in the machine room most likely was out of adjustment. It's hitting the buffer springs in the pit and releveling up to the floor. This opens the bottom emergency terminal switch which cancels the call that was registered. Doors then won't open unless DO is pushed on the COP or another call is registered. When it blows through intermediate floors in the down at full speed, it levels down to the next floor. Single floor runs it's not getting up to rated speed and re levels at the floor. Typical of Down Transition not being adjusted properly. That adjustment increases and decreases the Down Leveling transition from full speed. I've installed, replaced and adjusted Maxton and EECO unit valves many times in the last 14 years as an Elevator Constructor.

I've been looking for this for YEARS and I finally found it!

man that hydraulic valve is completly busted... oh and also 4:47 killed me of laughter

It’s not a controller issue it needs a new hydraulic valve

I have handled many an Elevator Malfunction related to Power Quality and Voltage Fluctuation Issue. These problems are increasingly becoming widespread with the installation of LED Lights and Drives. All those problems have a pattern and you can identify those from the WEB-PAGE below. However, looking into this problem, it is surely NOT DUE TO ANY POWER QUALITY PROBLEM. It is purely a Bad Installation and the OEM need to fix it - it's as simple as that. enconengineers.in/elevator-and-escalator-problem-vfd-drive-card-failure

This elevator is definitely not a Minnesota Elevator, this is a generic junk elevator.

I also have a deep fear of elevators, so thats why i always use the stairs.

you ended the video when you where inside the elevator most people end it when there outside just saying Lol

your not alone 😂 that happens to my elevator sometimes

Nice job MEI 🙄

If it’s new it should’ve been mrl not hydro

That isn't normal...

That's creepy

why the elevator 1st the 1F to BF HUH

This is why generic stuff SHOULD NOT EXIST!

See what I mean about these newer generic elevators? They break down so much, because they always are the lowest bidder, and the old ESCO lasted 55 years with absolutely NO problems!

Oh! I don't think it's supposed to do that... let's continue riding it until it breaks!

As kind of a wild guess, maybe the ULM (upper leveling marker) sensor on the tapehead isn't working properly, so it doesn't realize it should be slowing down for the floor until it actually gets there. By that point, it's too far to stop in time, so it misses the floor, and then the controller decides to go downwards to one of the limit switches (bottom floor demand) to kind of "recalibrate" in response to seeing unexpected inputs from the broken tapehead.

I also feel like placing the fire alarm and call station next to each other may not be a good idea on the 1st floor.

just an afterthought, that fire alarm pull station is wayyyyy too close to the elevator call buttons

the second part of the video you mentioned some vibrations. The mic picked that up perfectly. I am wondering if for some reason the brake wasn't catching properly if that would cause the vibrations I heard at the end of the video.

You're super brave to play with elevators the way you do. I couldn't do it, so it wouldn't be the job for me. I barely like riding them but then again I don't like exercise so there you go lol

The elevator in Temple Building will often under level when it hits the basement and relevel while the door is open. Sometimes on other floors as well if it's been heavily used that day.

Can you please go to Lithuania for a lift test? There are some old elevators, you can check them out ;)

When it's going up, the stuff under the lift might be pulling on the buffer spring. When it's going down, the buffer might be hitting something, making it safety break

Any background history of Wright and Mack elevator?

Is it a Schindler? Also I think the elevator was going down and while it was doing it, it crashed to the ground and then it thinks it messed up and moves up to level with the floor, that's I think, it may not be calibrated with the floors correctly

Whoa!!!... Is suddenly a death trap of THIS elevator! Elevator needs fixtures and re-installed on the system modernized properly. How creepy done like this?!

When i went to Iran there was a hotel called toos I rode the elevator it was a little bit different elevator when you reach the floor it under levels and mid levels

Feel like the door drive may have something to do with it not opening its doors by itself on floor 1 and level B

New elevators sometimes had some glitches here and there but this elevator wasnt calibrated right

It went a little bit more down than necessary and had to pump some oil to level up correctly to the basement. The problem is that it did that abruptly. There is a video of some filmer where a Schindler Hydro in a dept. store did a similar thing while leveling down at the ground. Strange that this one didn't open the door automatically.

My university institute has an 60 years old elevator where you manually open the outside door. On each stop it jumps with such a strong jump you are unable to carry a full cup of tea within it. :-D

That elevator makes scary noises. ;-;

7:55 Classic Leveling!

Nice video

Hey, you aren't the only one who has gotten stuck in a generic! I have too!

And I Also Think That It Doesn't Open Due To The Fact That Once Its Done Releveling It Thinks It Already Opened And Closed, And The Time For The Door To Stay Open is Really Short So Thats Why The Controller Must Think That.

This may be new but it could use some help. This controller on the elevator is really messed up!

At 4:04 if you look carefully at the elevator it looks like it going up without the door closing

Idk why but while u were doing this I was like: Stop it stop right now..

2nd guess: It might have hit one of the final limit switches

At the end of this video when there was new padding in the Elevator, your talking was softer. And at the beginning of this video, when there was no new padding in the Elevator, your talking was louder.

LOVELY.

Not an elevator technician, but could it be the device that tracks the elevator's position?

Why I see a hand print on the left lol

it might be a reasonable programming if the elevator does not open automatically when reaching the basement. think about water possibly being there or gas/smoke.

@Star City Elevators Thats Call Releveling, It's when the elevator went down too much from the basement and it had to use to hydraulic motor to go up again so that you can get out safely, So Really The Elevator Wasn't Malfunctioning.

The leveling is so painfully long! Even for hydraulic... The pump might be failing, as it overshot's the floor only on way down.

Seems to me that if it weren't for elevators this guy would be in his mother's basement staring down a dark hole muttering something about lotion and hoses...

Instant door close.

All those buttons

If this happens really frequently, the buffer springs would wear out.

I think the elevator can't stop at basement or 1st floor because there is no one lives there

received a reply to my comment I had posted about this particular lift. What the individual doesn't realize when they wrote their reply is I have been watching videos like this for quite a while. So, it is easy to pick out a installation that is a garbage insall or badly maintained. This installation in this case is both a crap install and not kept up very well.

It safety breaks at -1

It was like the thing doesnt have brakes when it stopped at basment, but the real reason is, the floor is too close to the cab, so it stops, but the door wont open. And when you wanted to stop at 1, it forget to brake and slowly did go Down to the basement, Controller may be failing ;)

and I also think it never opens cause the timer for the door to stay open is like.. really short so once its done releveling it thinks it already opened automaticly

I hate when that happens

I'M SO CONFUSE

Not calibrated.

I would of broke the alarm button for help

The elevator was making creepy noises

elevator is simply crap. I was listening to it going down and it is strange how it sounds like it stops for half a second and then from what it sounds like the pump kicks on and it continues to go down. I however also didn't like the sounds it made when it would go up or down at certain points.

That looks to be a major controller issue.

Obvious question, did you let anyone know there was a problem?

im scared of elevators so when he was standing in the door way I was like GET IN THE ELEVATOR BEFORE THE DOORS CRUSH YOU

Garbage installation. Nothing more to say about it.

Hate to say it, but thats a POS.

U have no life straight up