UNWELCOMING OTIS LIFT and why the doors won't stay open (M6 Hilton Park)
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- SEE THE ABANDONED HILTON PARK TOWER HERE:
• Abandoned 1980 - the H...
On the agenda: A lift that would have scared the hell out of me as a kid, a bit of history, an animation of WHY the doors won't open fully and the PARTS that are causing the problem.
I was in Edinburgh for 2 weeks and travelled back end of April 2017. On my way back down I popped into Lancaster Forton services (see Part 1) and now we are at Hilton Park for Part 2.
Both Lancaster and Hilton Park were originally designed by TOP RANK in the 1960s and featured some old Otis lifts.
A little more on the history of Top Rank and these buildings in the video.
Thanks to Rizz Briff and Pete Lomas for the help and information - VERY INTERESTING STUFF and thank you!
On a further note, did you know there are different timers on an Otis which can hold the doors open? - a DOOR HOLD timer and a DOOR RE-OPEN timer, as well as more. The controller on the back is pretty brutal - on the front the relays, and on the back is all the wiring with "clusters" of capacitors and open-form resistors to adjust the timing. I mean - put your hand in the back of one of these cabinets without knowing what you're doing and you are exposing your body to a mix of high voltages. Scary, but I suppose this is 1960s/70s technology but I LOVE IT, as it's very "workoutable".
Hope you enjoy the video.
Matt and Chay