To answer the question, yes elevators fall or crash *upwards*. The counterweight (aka silent killer) will drop down. That is why you see the lift cables on top of the elevator as it's coming up in this video. The counterweight is called the silent killer as mechanics standing on the roof of the elevator looking down can loose their heads not realizing the weight is coming down as they go up. Last but not least, don't jump on an elevator! The machine feels weight loss and stops in safety mode causing the techs to have to go down and reset the elevators hours later. Yes, sometimes hours.
I work on high speed elevator in business centers's buildings. "Parachute" system (emergency stop if the cabin overspeeds without control) is made to stop the cabin in a calculated way, so it will not kill you, but at best it will break your legs and may cause spine injuries. But these accidents are really really rare. However, it happened to a collegue 3 years ago on a brand new elevator travelling at 7m/s. The elevator engaged the parachute emergency stop, making it go from 7m/s to 0 in less than 50cm of traveling distance. He got his 2 legs broken and spine got damaged also. He is still recovering and not working anymore.
@@fizzyafm5141 would lying down flat on the elevator floor in such an event prevent any serious injury? Or would that introduce potential trauma to the head from the floor during impact?
@@wallflower15875 I guess that yes, laying down on your back with your head down to the ground would avoid you knees/spine injuries. But if you're caught on a cabin catching the pararuche system, you won't have time to realise it that the cabin would've stoped already. Again, this type of emergency is extremely rare. Elevators are still the safest means of transportation, even safer than planes.
@@fizzyafm5141 Aircraft are one of the least safe methods of transport, right up there with cycling and motorbikes. The air travel industry just makes it look safer by comparing accident rates per miles travelled, instead of the apples to apples comparison of accidents per journey.
@DepakoteMeister if you want to go for example from LA to NY, flying is indeed the safest option. If you want to go to your local grocery store, walking is usually the safest option, followed by driving. It is very difficult to find a trip between cities that is safer to drive than to fly.
Unfortunate those cables hit the camera. That distorted the view on the actual impact. Makes it look much more worse. Impressive crash still though! I wonder if this safety testing does anything good for the actual structural integrity..
When I set up the camera, I didn't think about the extra 4' or so that the cab and traveling cables would come down and compress the piston. The travelers ended up coming down between right the tripod legs, but just barely. The cabs and other parts/pieces/machinery is way stronger than they would ever need to be. Many factors of safety built into everything.
The traveling cable landed right between the legs of the tripod. Usually they are about 7' above finished floor, but didn't think about the buffer cylinder compression. Lucked out on that. I zoomed in just a bit when I turned it on. That's my voice speaking to the control room. Also, I didn't turn off the camera, the battery ran out. Lucked out there too!
2:08 The stairs are way more risky than riding in the lift. Don’t forget, this was a deliberate contrived run into the buffer to test it. This is to make sure that it will work If it’s needed. That’s hardly ever going to happen anyway….but tested just in case !
The cab is loaded with iron weights to 150% of the rated load. BTW.....The counterweights are also 150% of a fully loaded car. Elevators cannot fall down a shaft unless the support or suspension is severed. They will actually coast upwards. All the old movies that show it plummeting down the shaft? Doesn't really happen in the real world. Way too many safety devices built into them.
seeing as they were already there and the video is called "crash test" im assuming that the elevator cabin was empty, otherwise they 1. wouldnt have been there in the first place 2. probably told anyone still loitering about the lift shaft to fuck off in a polite way and then threatened to throw them down in to the black abyss of death
This was part of a mandatory 5 year testing that was done prior to turnover for public use, after being out of service for shaft repairs, rehabilitation. All of the the machinery is way tougher than it would ever need to be.
2:08 This was just a straightforward buffer test. The car frame should be able to stand that easily and the safety rods bouncing a bit is just to be expected
Actually elevators crash up. The counterweight falls down when the brakes fail and the elevator crashes up. That's why you see the lifting cables on top of the elevator. You think that's loud, try being there and testing them lol
Yesterday i had unintended buffer test (final sensor failed) xD While on buffer "catchers" got activated in upwards direction aaaaaand... 2h of grinding them cab guiders
What if when the elevator has a major malfunction, and a hole forms on the floor of the elevator. Then someone falls out of the hole, and lands on the buffer, and are still alive. But then the elevator starts to fall out of control and the persons head is between the buffer and the elevator?
Then that would be the worlds most unlikely cause of impossible elevator deaths. Anywhere. Ever. But, you said "What if..." so in the event of catastrophic elevator failure, leading to accidental human head squashsplodery via head between the buffer and falling elevator car, you would have a very confused elevator mechanic, EMT, and coroner. The laws of physics would even be scratching it's head at this one. I'll do you one better though! How about, the floor falls out, person falls, survives fall, head is on top of the buffer and the car comes to an abrupt halt right on their head but has stopped so that it is putting just enough pressure to pin their head there... Now... not only are they in pain from the fall, they are in a forced uncomfortable claustrophobic position. Let us also assume that there were others in the car. They are now panicking (as you do in this situation) and are slightly shifting the car with their movements, putting even more stress on the individual below. Oh wait, the car is lighter with no floor and one less passenger. Let's say, the elevator starts to rise back up. Here comes the counterweight. Anyone care to take over and continue this dilemma? Again, this is all... "What if..." Why draw the line at the impossible? Let's shoot for ridiculous.
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Another test where the elevator is clearly not free falling... its controlled fall which in most cases is unrealistic. So is it really safe?. Lets see how it holds up with a full release. Cable snaps, breaks fail, elevator freefall
There are multiple fail safes on an elevator and in the shaft that prevent an elevator from free falling at an uncontrollable rate of speed. In the event of a fall the emergency braking system instantly grips the cables tightly and a pin goes into the rails to stop any further movement , the elevator emergency brakes can't be manually controlled through a test ride because those work automatically and only function when system detects when there's movement in the car when there shouldn't be such as when people are entering and leaving the elevator.
Very naive comment indeed. You probably have never experienced 9mph from anything else than from the safety of a car or bicycle. That speed is already capable of breaking bones.
First I thought that cab was burning like in movies when it came down
Starsurfer1988 same
Starsurfer1988 yeah true
Not enough friction IRL
Фыссчч Все при своем дякую со много сегодня мы не будем снимать ничего сам пока
Still not understand why people know movie always fake but still thought it's gonna like movie
"Lift going down"
"We have hit the buffer"
"Doors opening"
"We've have crashed. Anyways, going up"
Yes
@@coshiro1 😂
So it's safe 😲 unbelievable I've got so much fear on elevator but the reality is engineer working very hard to make it safe
Engineer?
@@josepimentel1666 The ones that develope these elevators are working very hard in order to make it secure. That´s what he tried to say :)
@@SSHEINI82736 that sound much better 😅
Some people my uncle made a elavator it's in my uncle's house it crashed Manny times
@@josepimentel1666 so who built those thing? God?
1:59 RIP headphone users with loud volume
FireAlarmTechGuy4444 thank you for the warning 👌
That's what happened to me HAHAHHA
Too late
To answer the question, yes elevators fall or crash *upwards*. The counterweight (aka silent killer) will drop down. That is why you see the lift cables on top of the elevator as it's coming up in this video.
The counterweight is called the silent killer as mechanics standing on the roof of the elevator looking down can loose their heads not realizing the weight is coming down as they go up.
Last but not least, don't jump on an elevator! The machine feels weight loss and stops in safety mode causing the techs to have to go down and reset the elevators hours later. Yes, sometimes hours.
Is going up or down?
@@MartinGamer6241 It's going down, or this is on a planet with no gravity, look at the two thick dangling cables.
I discovered it in 3 months that was going down but thanks too
Edit: i put wrong the number
Great job on the travellers
From that angle, it looks like a ghost train on fire coming to catch us all!
It looks to be survivable but may end up with some broken bones. Great safety feature, however.
I work on high speed elevator in business centers's buildings.
"Parachute" system (emergency stop if the cabin overspeeds without control) is made to stop the cabin in a calculated way, so it will not kill you, but at best it will break your legs and may cause spine injuries.
But these accidents are really really rare.
However, it happened to a collegue 3 years ago on a brand new elevator travelling at 7m/s. The elevator engaged the parachute emergency stop, making it go from 7m/s to 0 in less than 50cm of traveling distance.
He got his 2 legs broken and spine got damaged also. He is still recovering and not working anymore.
@@fizzyafm5141 would lying down flat on the elevator floor in such an event prevent any serious injury? Or would that introduce potential trauma to the head from the floor during impact?
@@wallflower15875 I guess that yes, laying down on your back with your head down to the ground would avoid you knees/spine injuries.
But if you're caught on a cabin catching the pararuche system, you won't have time to realise it that the cabin would've stoped already.
Again, this type of emergency is extremely rare.
Elevators are still the safest means of transportation, even safer than planes.
@@fizzyafm5141 Aircraft are one of the least safe methods of transport, right up there with cycling and motorbikes. The air travel industry just makes it look safer by comparing accident rates per miles travelled, instead of the apples to apples comparison of accidents per journey.
@DepakoteMeister if you want to go for example from LA to NY, flying is indeed the safest option. If you want to go to your local grocery store, walking is usually the safest option, followed by driving.
It is very difficult to find a trip between cities that is safer to drive than to fly.
Unfortunate those cables hit the camera. That distorted the view on the actual impact. Makes it look much more worse. Impressive crash still though! I wonder if this safety testing does anything good for the actual structural integrity..
When I set up the camera, I didn't think about the extra 4' or so that the cab and traveling cables would come down and compress the piston. The travelers ended up coming down between right the tripod legs, but just barely. The cabs and other parts/pieces/machinery is way stronger than they would ever need to be. Many factors of safety built into everything.
The traveling cable landed right between the legs of the tripod. Usually they are about 7' above finished floor, but didn't think about the buffer cylinder compression. Lucked out on that. I zoomed in just a bit when I turned it on. That's my voice speaking to the control room. Also, I didn't turn off the camera, the battery ran out. Lucked out there too!
you can see the sparks which looks so cool
Love the safety gears bouncing 👌 haha. Very nice I need to record from this angle next time. Nice
Well that fed into my nightmares about elevators nicely 😱😵💫🤣
I jumped when the elevator crashed.. 😓
JustaLovelyFangirl same
Me too
I jumped when I saw your pfp...
i fuckin hate your profile pic
Cursed profile pic
It escalated Way too fast.
That pun does not work because the elevator was going down
@@Historail .... Should I r whoosh you
De-
@@shou_gana1 you cant because he understands this is a joke
No. This is clearly an elevator, not an escalator.
elevator test safety at 1:59
100% Safe
This is actually kind of cool to watch even though it scared the crap out of me when it fell 😂
Camera is not broken? :D
Skip to 01:50.
the noise is similar to the one in fnaf 2 when freddys tryna snek up on u
video starts at 1:30
The fall starts on 1:00
The anticipation was too much 😵😭
start at 1:30
2:00 turn down your volume
It looks like a control fall, the elevator should be coming in much faster if it was really free falling.
True
This would be scary watching this an a Elevator shaft
I'm always going to take the stairs now
why? this is as safe as it gets you have a higher chance of dying on the stairs
2:08 The stairs are way more risky than riding in the lift. Don’t forget, this was a deliberate contrived run into the buffer to test it. This is to make sure that it will work If it’s needed. That’s hardly ever going to happen anyway….but tested just in case !
Not all of them, they still install elevators with ropes.
Techs and engineers just refer to the woven steel cables as ropes but assure you, they aren't actually hemp ropes.
I been to Carlsbad cave before it was fun but cold
Dropped your smoothie.
VIDEO STARTS ON 1:58
I haven’t ridden an elevator in 5 years.
Were running into some turbulence...
someone forgot where the flexes hung! lol. was that fully loaded or empty car?
The cab is loaded with iron weights to 150% of the rated load. BTW.....The counterweights are also 150% of a fully loaded car. Elevators cannot fall down a shaft unless the support or suspension is severed. They will actually coast upwards. All the old movies that show it plummeting down the shaft? Doesn't really happen in the real world. Way too many safety devices built into them.
They load it at 125% and the counterweight is anywhere from 140% of load to 150% depending on drive.
seeing as they were already there and the video is called "crash test" im assuming that the elevator cabin was empty, otherwise they 1. wouldnt have been there in the first place
2. probably told anyone still loitering about the lift shaft to fuck off in a polite way and then threatened to throw them down in to the black abyss of death
2:00 music to my ears
doesn't this break the elevator?
This was part of a mandatory 5 year testing that was done prior to turnover for public use, after being out of service for shaft repairs, rehabilitation. All of the the machinery is way tougher than it would ever need to be.
Yes. But elevator testers get bored.
Yes this isn't necessary a safety gear test is just fine and to me that safety gear looked like it was failing
2:08 This was just a straightforward buffer test. The car frame should be able to stand that easily and the safety rods bouncing a bit is just to be expected
More videos please
I cant tell if the elevator is horizontal or vertical
1:58
When I ate 40 canned beans.
😮😮😮 baddest wreck
Seems like a dumb question... but is it moving up? or down
Charles Randolph well have you ever seen something fall up?
Actually elevators crash up. The counterweight falls down when the brakes fail and the elevator crashes up. That's why you see the lifting cables on top of the elevator. You think that's loud, try being there and testing them lol
Was it on fire when It was coming down
1:59 BOOM!!!!!!🤯
Rip headphones users
1:59 dude u scared me af
Wow amazing 🥰🤩
Bro your camera is rip now or no
1:55 volume warning
1:59 video starts.
Yesterday i had unintended buffer test (final sensor failed) xD
While on buffer "catchers" got activated in upwards direction aaaaaand... 2h of grinding them cab guiders
😂🤦🤦🤦
Roses are red, violets are blue
The moneyshot starts at 1:52
isn't it without break system?
I subscribed
It looks like the safeties bounce on and off?
The wedge shaped pieces bouncing up and down are the brakes that grab the rail in case of emergency. Just one of the many layers of safety built in.
Did it smash camra?
Lift is going up or down?????
Elevators fall up and the counterweight falls down. So it's crashing up
@@epiccitybuilders this specific sequrency its crashing down tbh
R.I.P camera and my ears
There is no spoon...
1:50
It sounds like a broken tv tell me in the comments what do think it sounds like
R.i.p headphone users.
always tears something up.cables off a sheave...etc......but a necessesary evil... I always dreaded it....
ACTION STARTS AT 1M 52S
RIP headphone users
1:59 Crash!
That's so scary 😵
It would be even safer with a hydraulic elevator
Hydraulics are actually less safe then most elevators. The point of this video is to test the pit buffer not to show that this is what would happen
i was scared when a pipe hit the camera
2:00 NOOOOOOOOO!!!! what happened??!!!
Damn, I shouldn't have watched this...
elevator quickly? 😲
Hell elevator crash out loud!!!
That scarf me
What if when the elevator has a major malfunction, and a hole forms on the floor of the elevator.
Then someone falls out of the hole, and lands on the buffer, and are still alive. But then the elevator starts to fall out of control and the persons head is between the buffer and the elevator?
Then that would be the worlds most unlikely cause of impossible elevator deaths. Anywhere. Ever. But, you said "What if..." so in the event of catastrophic elevator failure, leading to accidental human head squashsplodery via head between the buffer and falling elevator car, you would have a very confused elevator mechanic, EMT, and coroner. The laws of physics would even be scratching it's head at this one. I'll do you one better though! How about, the floor falls out, person falls, survives fall, head is on top of the buffer and the car comes to an abrupt halt right on their head but has stopped so that it is putting just enough pressure to pin their head there... Now... not only are they in pain from the fall, they are in a forced uncomfortable claustrophobic position. Let us also assume that there were others in the car. They are now panicking (as you do in this situation) and are slightly shifting the car with their movements, putting even more stress on the individual below. Oh wait, the car is lighter with no floor and one less passenger. Let's say, the elevator starts to rise back up. Here comes the counterweight. Anyone care to take over and continue this dilemma? Again, this is all... "What if..." Why draw the line at the impossible? Let's shoot for ridiculous.
he'd fkn die.
Then you need a therapist, mental dirangee people dont need to take elevators
@@R_110 it's been 6 years but I've gotta say that's one hell of a comment and I love the word "squashsplodery"
Holy c**ks out of it!!!
My heart is blowed on elevator crashed is not prank
You've startled me for h**k at it! That was cause damage your camera.
They had a lot of likes
Woah thats sickkkkkkk👌👌👌👌👌👌WA
what name elevator
There's No Name Idiot All Elevators Has No Name
Best
🤦♂️😂😎👍
I'm scared!!!
My head on the buffer
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Another test where the elevator is clearly not free falling... its controlled fall which in most cases is unrealistic. So is it really safe?. Lets see how it holds up with a full release. Cable snaps, breaks fail, elevator freefall
There are multiple fail safes on an elevator and in the shaft that prevent an elevator from free falling at an uncontrollable rate of speed. In the event of a fall the emergency braking system instantly grips the cables tightly and a pin goes into the rails to stop any further movement , the elevator emergency brakes can't be manually controlled through a test ride because those work automatically and only function when system detects when there's movement in the car when there shouldn't be such as when people are entering and leaving the elevator.
2:08 nothing
R. I. P dislikes
noobs
o wow
Is it going up or down
Elevators crash up
OMG
OW!
Omg ik verschoot
NST TEST
Oof
That was very loud and bad
1:59 my hearth
Is this what happened during 9/11 when the plane hit the towers?
Hairee Pothead No
Hairee Pothead nope. In that case, no safety devices - except for the buffer - were left intact. The impact certainly was much greater.
😨
9mph wow -_-
Very naive comment indeed. You probably have never experienced 9mph from anything else than from the safety of a car or bicycle. That speed is already capable of breaking bones.
I once crashed my utility quad into the fence of my house at 9mph in June this year and the fence was f**ked a**.