These are the Westinghouse Traction Elevators, modernized by Schindler, with the unpredicably unreliable Miconic 10 Controller (Mi-"Chronic" 10 is more accurate). at the Marriott Marquis, Times Square, New York, New York.
Since there's plenty of people that are NOT Elevator Enthusiasts who watch this channel, a thorough description of the system, and how it works (or suposed to, in this case), is presented.
We ride the 3 types of elevators here, the Hotel Glassbacks, the "Innie" (Interior), and one slower lift that serves "The View", a rotating restaurant on the top 2 levels. (The low-rise lifts are pointless, so they were skipped.)
As many say, the flawed elevators behave well when being recorded, but not in this case. It enters "Phantom" calls, ignores requests, and frequently failed. In some cases not shown on video, I took the escalators, because it refused my calls to 8, and to get to my room, I was going to hitch a ride on a lift that came closest to my floor (30), and take the MPE to get there. Let's not forget the occasional 10 to 30 second wait between stops, after the doors close. On top of that, only the low-rise side would accept my high-rise calls half the time. Way to go, Schindler.
...and now you know why I call these the Mi-"Chronic" 10.
4 окт 2024
