This is a vintage 1900s Waygood Winding Drum lift which has been modernised by Express in the 1950s/60s!
Considering that the mechanical aspects of this lift are a mixture of 120 and 70 year old parts, I think this lift is doing very well!
The only recent modification to this lift is the controller being replaced.
This would usually be quite a big deal, but in this case it isn’t!
The replacement controller is also relay based, and therefore runs the lift just the same as it would have previously.
It’s very interesting how the old cabinet is still there. In fact, the new cabinet has actually been bolted to the front of the old one! Quite a strange thing to do if you ask me. But it definitely beats scrapping it!
You can tell that the Express modernisation is either from the 1950s or early 60s, (and not any later) due to the fact that the relays are mounted in the vertical position.
In the mid 60s, Express updated their cabinet design to have the relays mounted horizontally instead to help with maintenance.
The era of installation is also indicated by the colour of the cabinet being ‘Battleship Grey’, which was common for Express in the 50s.
(Later colours used were others such as dark green in the 70s, turquoise in the 80s and dark blue in the 90s.).
If anyone knows the actual reason behind these different colour changes, I’d be very interested to hear!
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It's important to mention the many dangers which are present in lift motor rooms.
They are not environments for the inexperienced, and one mistake could be the last thing you do.
There are exposed terminals with voltages of up to 415 volts. If you touch them, they WILL kill you.
Please do not put yourself into this dangerous environment without proper authorisation.
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Before this lift was modernised by Express, I believe that it originally would have resembled this lift shown here:
• (Part2) 1905 Vintage "...
The motor appears to be pretty much identical!
Thanks for watching!
12 окт 2024