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Got a call for a stuck car in a 15 story building downtown, found the governor rope frayed at the sheave
I was on site at the old First National building Tuesday morning. The car was stuck between floors 8 and 9. When I got to the machine room, I saw about 3 feet of the governor rope was badly frayed where it runs over the top sheave. I had to lock out the power, manually lower the car to the nearest landing to get the people out, then replace the whole rope section. Has anyone else had a governor rope go that bad without tripping the switch first?
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clairepark1d ago
Three feet of frayed rope and the safety switch didn't trip? That's terrifying. The whole point of that system is to catch problems before they get that far. Makes you wonder about the switch calibration.
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