1974 - This lift was being soldered together, while I was being born. Look at how neat and well laid out that wiring loom is behind all that beautiful old relay logic. It is amazing what they could do with a bucket-full of relays back then. :)
Thanks :) I downloaded all youtube's audio library, went through about 600 tracks and selected the ones I liked, or would fit the footage. All takes time! But I feel it's worth it in the end. I don't really care about having to continuously upload stuff, but the stuff I do upload I like to be quality!
I totally agree. I saw some footage recently from some members of our 'community'. It shows the mentality of certain people, their complete lack of respect for things that don't belong to them, lack of common sense and responsibility.
Probably cost related I would expect. I bet what they wouldn't tell you though, is the cost still involved with the fancy new equipment! Probably goes wrong far more than we are aware of.
I guess these lifts were two-speed because at 6:20 under "LCR" is "LR" and next to that is "Leveling relay" which means that these lifts weren't just some base models. Also, these lifts have a dispatcher/lift chooser which was advanced for the time. That does seem weird though because supposedly the only lift companies installing lift choosers at that time were Express, Otis and Schindler.
I'm so happy i found this channel because i felt so weird with my obsession for elevators and especiall motor rooms. It's nice to find thousands of people like me. I just wish i had a friend i could show all my favorite creepy elevators to and get super excited about it without them just going "uuuh okay it's an elevator...".
Yes, I felt the same way. Before youtube came about in 2008, I was embarrassed to open up about my interest in lifts. I'm really annoyed that youtube didn't start a bit earlier, as in the 2000's I went into loads of motor rooms and went in loads of old and interesting lifts. I wish I'd know to take more photos and videos of them! Feel free to message me about your favourite creepy elevators though, as this is JUST WHAT I LIKE! :)
That part of the video was better played in reverse, as it gives a build up to re-entering the stairwell to going to the motor room. That's how, simple really but effective!
Wow, awsome vid !!!. A was waiting for this derelict (and a bit creepy) classic motor rooms. The cabinets looks untouched. Sure this lifts will work with minor service. Waiting for the realy logic explanation. You will even go into the dispatcher cabinet ?. Bennie is the one with latching relays ?. I didnt spot ant floor selector. Nice find, filming and edit. Worth the wait.
Many thanks for your comment :) :) I have my theories about how the dispatcher works, but I cannot believe I forgot to take a photo of the circuit disgrams on the wall!!! All my material comes from another Bennie lift where I did take photos of it, but it didn't include a dispatcher. Too late now :( The floor selector part is coming up in next part :)
Thanks, yes this is the best part of a month's editing (in my spare time that is, of which I don't get a lot of!). I'm bored of uploading standard ordinary videos, editing like this gives me a "sense of pride" of the videos that I upload. The second car park which I visited last time th-cam.com/video/7XMagLePQm0/w-d-xo.html has the original Bennie doors, but both lifts were modernised. This is about 1/2 mile away from this one. I assume that they didn't want to spend the money on this car park to get the lifts modernised, perhaps as this car park is only used for the market? Instead of modernising, they spent some money on caging the lifts off, boarding up the doors and then forgetting about them. No maintenance or future costs. The problem with the old relay lifts is the parts are difficult to replace and there is a lack of knowledge (and willingness) to fix them, so they would have had to be modernised to keep them running.
From the date 1974 which I am assuming these elevators were installed shown stamped on the data plate. how long have these elevators remained in a derelict state? They were 42 years old when the video was filmed, yes parts are difficult to find especially relays and other parts. Seems odd to take them out of service if still working properly.
I'm not sure, maybe. Not sure what state the landing doors are in also, so if the door safety circuit was made then I guess it would still work. There would be a bit of dust to burn off of the motors though ;) Also, not sure if the brakes would release looking at the state of them!
After watching a stack of these videos, I'll never again be able to look at one of these type of buildings, firstly without looking for the motor room, and secondly without wanting to see inside. Interesting stuff. This really gives an appreciation for relay driven logic, and the mass of interconnecting wiring. I believe that the only other place that I am aware of similarly complex relay circuits (except for telephone exchanges), is in older (large) aircraft, typically where the electrical system is of 60s/70s origin. Of course, in modern times, it has all been replaced with microcontrollers and/or FPGAs. I assume that the design techniques used for lift controller relay based logic are actually quite similar those employed in digital circuits, maybe designing it as a state machine?
Interesting to hear you mention aircraft. I'm into planes but didn't consider their would be relays in an aircraft, possibly as vibrations would potentially move the contacts of an de-energised relay coil. But I suppose that any system before microprocessors HAD to use relay logic of some kind. When I post part 2 (eventually!!) I will show the circuit diagram for one of these Bennie lifts.
I know it is very difficult - but why not combine lift and aircraft.. there have been some commercial airliners with lifts inside. Not for passengers though, but i vaguely remember that one of the two three-engined widebodies (just not sure whether it was the DC-10 or the Tristar, maybe even both) had a lift fo move the catering trolleys from the lower deck galley to the main deck. Okay, it's probably next to impossible to find one today wher you are allowed to film it. But the thought sounds nice. ;-)
If you are interested, some Russian types that are still flying have a very extensive electrical system with many relays eg: pe.org.pl/articles/2013/2a/70.pdf. I'm also interested in aircraft, and have personally built a light plane here in England, although this has only a single master contactor that is rated for continuous operation (ie. isolation of entire electrical system), including starter motor - by far the highest current device in the whole electrical system. This is pretty typical for light planes. It seems that in the long term, even these contactors will be replaced by completely solid state equivalents, which can often handle 60A at 12/24V - even for even basic models. They have lower power dissipation, and better MTBF, but still cost a little more. However, cheaper models may also not be certified for aircraft flying under a CoA. A typical manufacturer of commercially available plane contactors is White Rogers, and both types can be bought from a supplier like LAS in the UK. Aviation is a super conservative business, so it will probably take 30 years to go solid state fully. I'm quite serious on this estimation. Things in aviation happen super slowly, particularly in Britain, with health and safety bogging us down at every step. I'm really from a commercial software engineering background, but interested in learning more on the electronics side, so would be interested in seeing a schematic, and knowing about what else is involved beyond relays. I also wonder if we could use modern EDA tools (eg. Yosys - an open source Verilog synthesis tool) to generate relay logic circuits, instead of CMOS. I know people have built some pretty complex relay circuits to do math...
The controller for these lifts is fascinating. Hat's off to the engineers that designed and got this working. Where was the one that you saw? Was that recently?
Wow, it seems like that the controller is still intact. You'd be wondering why they've taken these lifts out of service. Walking 10 flights of stairs.... not very conveint. Those special relays, are they some sort of non-mechanical floor selector? The join detailling on the concrete structure is quite nicely done too.
You're bang on correct with the relays! I'll explain more in next video as they're a little different than a standard relay. It's a facinating and fairly simple design, and complicated if that makes sense! The second car park which I visited last time th-cam.com/video/7XMagLePQm0/w-d-xo.html has the original Bennie doors, but both were modernised. This is about 1/2 mile away. I assume that they didn't want to spend the money on this car park to get the lifts modernised. The problem with the old relay lifts is the parts are difficult to replace and there is a lack of knowledge (and willingness) to fix them.
Tick Tock circuitry for position and call cancellation. This method was also used by Wadsworth Lifts and Express used it on their 50 volt selectors in the early days.There are still a few guys i know who are still working on the Birmingham Council commercial contract who know all about this type of equipment.
Hi Pete, I've been examining the diagrams for this and I think I understand how the selector system works along with a delay circuit and the Odd/Even relay. Can I give you a call sometime to discuss as I'm sure there is something that I don't know about, that you do!
unfortunately, nope!! I have so many videos to edit at the moment, and videos with animations take ages! I do hope to do this video at some stage, but not sure when. Sorry about that!
Hi, there is not much point asking me the same question over and over again on different videos. As before, I rarely return to any of these places, so I have no idea if they still exist or not. I usually go once, and that's it. I never go back, and have no reason to go back. I'm sorry, but this is the last time I'll be responding to this question.
Hmmm what do you think... if you put mains switch to ON position... will it work again ? Except some rusty brakes and checking some oil, maybe....?? Is there still power connected ?
+Bikertyp Not sure. I guess there would be power available in there but the lift would not run anyway as the doors are all boarded up on the landings so would be unable to tell if they are closed or not. With a few mods they might run but no possibilities to try it.
+Matthew Mattison oh no! Which is why you have to get in there quick! So many times i though to myself "I'll come back next week to film it" then it's been too late. An example is an old video on the sainsburys lifts. Demolished a week later! Glad i got in there when I did!
haha - when I entered in the footage that was the second time I entered (you can see the cabinet doors are already open) so I already knew what was in there. I did delay shining the torch for a split second to add to the effect, which is probably the chill that I gave you ;)
That's called a YODALARM! I remember them from way back in the 80s. It's a two-tone sounder. The one in the motor room is probably original from the 70s and is probably linked to the fire alarm. Whether it still works is something else!
Yep! I've been to Boston, and uhmmmm that's about it LOL. But we are coming to Florida very soon :) I've got to drive on the right and have the gear stick (or gear shift as you call it?!) on the right. NOT looking forward to driving in Florida, but I guess I'll get used to it!
To be honest, I don't know why they discontinued the lift access. With the amount of floors, you would have thought they'd repaired or modernised them. Probably all down to costs, who will pay for the costs and lack of demand.
@@mrmattandmrchay I'm betting the lifts got failing inspection results, so the carpark went with the cheapest option and just seal the lifts out of service. This looks like the fuses were removed or a seal was placed on the disconnect with the doors blocked with plywood. Fun fact! In Ohio USA, if an elevator gets sealed out of service, the cables are required to be removed with the car & counterweight resting in the pit. Hydraulic elevators need their piping removed.
+Tiago Costa i know what you mean... but the music i used at the start was too long so I overlapped it into the intro as kind of a "follow into the proper movie". I wouldnt normally do that but just a technique and its something different
1974 - This lift was being soldered together, while I was being born. Look at how neat and well laid out that wiring loom is behind all that beautiful old relay logic. It is amazing what they could do with a bucket-full of relays back then. :)
1974.. only middle aged mate. Power it up and it probably works perfectly.
Yeh but the doors are boarded that’s the issue
The quality of your videos has excelled to a new level. Brilliant editing in this one by far!
Nice music choices as well!
Thanks :) I downloaded all youtube's audio library, went through about 600 tracks and selected the ones I liked, or would fit the footage. All takes time! But I feel it's worth it in the end. I don't really care about having to continuously upload stuff, but the stuff I do upload I like to be quality!
It's so sad to see these lifts no longer running, but it's nice to see them in complete original condition.
At least when they are derelict then they are not going to be altered which is why I really wanted to film these ones
Nice to see that it has not been smashed to pieces by idiots who have nothing better to do than smash stuff up for no reason whatsoever.
I totally agree. I saw some footage recently from some members of our 'community'. It shows the mentality of certain people, their complete lack of respect for things that don't belong to them, lack of common sense and responsibility.
What gets me is why they don't keep them running, they would be working fine today!
Probably cost related I would expect. I bet what they wouldn't tell you though, is the cost still involved with the fancy new equipment! Probably goes wrong far more than we are aware of.
I guess these lifts were two-speed because at 6:20 under "LCR" is "LR" and next to that is "Leveling relay" which means that these lifts weren't just some base models. Also, these lifts have a dispatcher/lift chooser which was advanced for the time. That does seem weird though because supposedly the only lift companies installing lift choosers at that time were Express, Otis and Schindler.
I admit, I had to wait a long time for this video. However, it was WELL WORTH IT! Beautifully done! I love your music selection, btw. Cheers!
Thanks, I to download the whole of the youtube audio library. Many hours of listening to music in the car going through literally 600 odd tracks!
All I can say here, is you have good taste in music, mate. :3
Anyone notice that the isolators are still on. wherever they isolated those lifts it wasn't in that room.
I'm so happy i found this channel because i felt so weird with my obsession for elevators and especiall motor rooms. It's nice to find thousands of people like me. I just wish i had a friend i could show all my favorite creepy elevators to and get super excited about it without them just going "uuuh okay it's an elevator...".
Yes, I felt the same way. Before youtube came about in 2008, I was embarrassed to open up about my interest in lifts. I'm really annoyed that youtube didn't start a bit earlier, as in the 2000's I went into loads of motor rooms and went in loads of old and interesting lifts. I wish I'd know to take more photos and videos of them!
Feel free to message me about your favourite creepy elevators though, as this is JUST WHAT I LIKE! :)
what a superb installation in that relay panel. very clean and extremely well labeled and documented.
agreed! Would be cool to go back in time a see how they did this, and the plans they had to follow. Completely different skill set, lost in history!
These days you could possibly replace that whole lot with a Raspberry Pi, costing about £20.
@leew21 Yeah, and that's so sad...
Not gonna question how that door "magically" opened itself
That part of the video was better played in reverse, as it gives a build up to re-entering the stairwell to going to the motor room. That's how, simple really but effective!
mrmattandmrchay Oh that's cool =D
It's always a good day when there's a new video from you
"It's always a good day when there's a new video from you" one of my best comments ever! thanks
Oh, I thought it was a ghost of classic lift engineering, guiding you to your destiny. :)
Bolt cutters? Or did someone give you a tour?
It's so well preserved, looks like you could turn on the power and start it up!
I would have like to have done, but no power :) And I bet some of the landing door locks are probably not completing the safety circuit.
Any reason why these had to be no longer used?
it kinda sad these were ones great achievements and now it just scrap metal
Yep, and all the design work and testing that went into them. When people press a call button this is the bit they don't see :)
That boards are work of art!
Absolutely, would give anything to go back in time and watch the workshop engineers wiring these up!
Patience, steady nerves, skill and love towards the job. Nobody could do it like that if he didn't like what's he doing
i gotta ask what the music starting at 2:37 is lol
Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie. From Audio Library.
3:48 Why do they coverd up the lifts with boards? So sad i want to see the doors
I'd love to know where you got the intro music from. I'd love something like that as the startup sound for my home cinema system.
The retro isolators/stop buttons at 6:31. I wonder if this is still standing??
I believe it still is, although I've not been past here for a while now
Maybe they came to their senses and realised that those quality lifts needed to be brought back into service!
How did I miss this video? Haven't seen it yet, but expecting it to be awesome as always :)
Only uploaded it last night at 1am, or should that be "this morning at 1am?"
The fact that these things don't run anymore, saddens everyone of us :(
perhaps not 'everyone' lol :)
10:29 - I'm sure I've seen those in a few different places - fire alarm?
Clifford and Snell Yodalarm :)
Good one and waiting to learn about the special relays.
Thanks :)
lifts back in the day Here early 00's at the markets ah wish they kept them
Trislot motor again ! These were obviously a favourite back then .
Wow, awsome vid !!!. A was waiting for this derelict (and a bit creepy) classic motor rooms. The cabinets looks untouched. Sure this lifts will work with minor service. Waiting for the realy logic explanation. You will even go into the dispatcher cabinet ?. Bennie is the one with latching relays ?. I didnt spot ant floor selector. Nice find, filming and edit. Worth the wait.
Many thanks for your comment :) :) I have my theories about how the dispatcher works, but I cannot believe I forgot to take a photo of the circuit disgrams on the wall!!! All my material comes from another Bennie lift where I did take photos of it, but it didn't include a dispatcher. Too late now :( The floor selector part is coming up in next part :)
It was still roped? Why were they taken out of service? The editing of your video's is great. You must have spend a lot of time on it :)
Thanks, yes this is the best part of a month's editing (in my spare time that is, of which I don't get a lot of!). I'm bored of uploading standard ordinary videos, editing like this gives me a "sense of pride" of the videos that I upload.
The second car park which I visited last time th-cam.com/video/7XMagLePQm0/w-d-xo.html has the original Bennie doors, but both lifts were modernised. This is about 1/2 mile away from this one. I assume that they didn't want to spend the money on this car park to get the lifts modernised, perhaps as this car park is only used for the market? Instead of modernising, they spent some money on caging the lifts off, boarding up the doors and then forgetting about them. No maintenance or future costs. The problem with the old relay lifts is the parts are difficult to replace and there is a lack of knowledge (and willingness) to fix them, so they would have had to be modernised to keep them running.
9:29 Imagine a fault-finding mission on that setup OMG.
very clean floor counter. those motors are in excellent condition.
6:02 I wonder what this switch does? Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Well, at least the lift is working again.
I tell ya, I'd loved to have switched that on :)
Looked like really neat panels, bet they were quite nice to work on, only ever worked on one Bennie lift but it had been modernised.
From the date 1974 which I am assuming these elevators were installed shown stamped on the data plate. how long have these elevators remained in a derelict state? They were 42 years old when the video was filmed, yes parts are difficult to find especially relays and other parts. Seems odd to take them out of service if still working properly.
That still looks in pretty decent condition,I wonder if it could still be fired up so to speak?
I'm not sure, maybe. Not sure what state the landing doors are in also, so if the door safety circuit was made then I guess it would still work.
There would be a bit of dust to burn off of the motors though ;) Also, not sure if the brakes would release looking at the state of them!
After watching a stack of these videos, I'll never again be able to look at one of these type of buildings, firstly without looking for the motor room, and secondly without wanting to see inside. Interesting stuff. This really gives an appreciation for relay driven logic, and the mass of interconnecting wiring. I believe that the only other place that I am aware of similarly complex relay circuits (except for telephone exchanges), is in older (large) aircraft, typically where the electrical system is of 60s/70s origin. Of course, in modern times, it has all been replaced with microcontrollers and/or FPGAs. I assume that the design techniques used for lift controller relay based logic are actually quite similar those employed in digital circuits, maybe designing it as a state machine?
Interesting to hear you mention aircraft. I'm into planes but didn't consider their would be relays in an aircraft, possibly as vibrations would potentially move the contacts of an de-energised relay coil. But I suppose that any system before microprocessors HAD to use relay logic of some kind.
When I post part 2 (eventually!!) I will show the circuit diagram for one of these Bennie lifts.
I know it is very difficult - but why not combine lift and aircraft.. there have been some commercial airliners with lifts inside. Not for passengers though, but i vaguely remember that one of the two three-engined widebodies (just not sure whether it was the DC-10 or the Tristar, maybe even both) had a lift fo move the catering trolleys from the lower deck galley to the main deck.
Okay, it's probably next to impossible to find one today wher you are allowed to film it. But the thought sounds nice. ;-)
If you are interested, some Russian types that are still flying have a very extensive electrical system with many relays eg: pe.org.pl/articles/2013/2a/70.pdf. I'm also interested in aircraft, and have personally built a light plane here in England, although this has only a single master contactor that is rated for continuous operation (ie. isolation of entire electrical system), including starter motor - by far the highest current device in the whole electrical system. This is pretty typical for light planes. It seems that in the long term, even these contactors will be replaced by completely solid state equivalents, which can often handle 60A at 12/24V - even for even basic models. They have lower power dissipation, and better MTBF, but still cost a little more. However, cheaper models may also not be certified for aircraft flying under a CoA. A typical manufacturer of commercially available plane contactors is White Rogers, and both types can be bought from a supplier like LAS in the UK. Aviation is a super conservative business, so it will probably take 30 years to go solid state fully. I'm quite serious on this estimation. Things in aviation happen super slowly, particularly in Britain, with health and safety bogging us down at every step.
I'm really from a commercial software engineering background, but interested in learning more on the electronics side, so would be interested in seeing a schematic, and knowing about what else is involved beyond relays. I also wonder if we could use modern EDA tools (eg. Yosys - an open source Verilog synthesis tool) to generate relay logic circuits, instead of CMOS. I know people have built some pretty complex relay circuits to do math...
Wow, this thing hasnt had alot of time before being derelict! I saw this exact same lift that still works, and it was installed 1975!
The controller for these lifts is fascinating. Hat's off to the engineers that designed and got this working. Where was the one that you saw? Was that recently?
Wow, it seems like that the controller is still intact. You'd be wondering why they've taken these lifts out of service. Walking 10 flights of stairs.... not very conveint. Those special relays, are they some sort of non-mechanical floor selector? The join detailling on the concrete structure is quite nicely done too.
You're bang on correct with the relays! I'll explain more in next video as they're a little different than a standard relay. It's a facinating and fairly simple design, and complicated if that makes sense! The second car park which I visited last time th-cam.com/video/7XMagLePQm0/w-d-xo.html has the original Bennie doors, but both were modernised. This is about 1/2 mile away. I assume that they didn't want to spend the money on this car park to get the lifts modernised. The problem with the old relay lifts is the parts are difficult to replace and there is a lack of knowledge (and willingness) to fix them.
Tick Tock circuitry for position and call cancellation. This method was also used by Wadsworth Lifts and Express used it on their 50 volt selectors in the early days.There are still a few guys i know who are still working on the Birmingham Council commercial contract who know all about this type of equipment.
Hi Pete, I've been examining the diagrams for this and I think I understand how the selector system works along with a delay circuit and the Odd/Even relay. Can I give you a call sometime to discuss as I'm sure there is something that I don't know about, that you do!
This was more reliable and bullet proof than today's elevators that need constant upgrading and maintenance!
Fantastic video. Well done.
Thanks :)
Have you ever seen any bizarre stuff in a motor room? And what would happen to the lift if you cut a random wire? :) greetings
Have you got any footage of lifts with motor generators?
There are from a while ago, but try these...th-cam.com/video/hz7NvgZaoDM/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/TK5cYSRvmUY/w-d-xo.html
mrmattandmrchay Thanks you, that's one amazing lift control system, it was awesome that you also got a start up of one of the mechanical VFD's :-)
Was the video of the (impulse?) relay posted?
unfortunately, nope!! I have so many videos to edit at the moment, and videos with animations take ages! I do hope to do this video at some stage, but not sure when. Sorry about that!
You should go back and visit this place again and see if the lifts are still there
Do the lifts and Car Park still exist in 2022?
Hi, there is not much point asking me the same question over and over again on different videos. As before, I rarely return to any of these places, so I have no idea if they still exist or not. I usually go once, and that's it. I never go back, and have no reason to go back.
I'm sorry, but this is the last time I'll be responding to this question.
Nope
Hmmm what do you think... if you put mains switch to ON position... will it work again ? Except some rusty brakes and checking some oil, maybe....?? Is there still power connected ?
+Bikertyp Not sure. I guess there would be power available in there but the lift would not run anyway as the doors are all boarded up on the landings so would be unable to tell if they are closed or not. With a few mods they might run but no possibilities to try it.
mrmattandmrchay Pete Lomas to the rescue!!!
First of all, great video! however, I have no idea where the name, "Brutal architecture" derives from. Do you know?
+David Irwin Thanks David and I think that's going to have to be a google search ;)
mrmattandmrchay True. I forget: I don't need a brain when I have Google! :D
mrmattandmrchay That's what my ex-girlfriend used to say all the time.
What cause them to be boarded up and to be made derelict ?
Whatever happened to the man and the woman who were in the elevator car in the automation?
Did you finish the how it works video?
+adithyamc Gaming nope sorry its on a long long list of stuff to be edited. Next video is Duga Control building elevators
You can do a video running a abandoned lift please?
Not possible... no power
@@mrmattandmrchay how did you know there was no power? Did the guy tell you or you saw the fuses taken out?
@@syaz4380 Fuses are likely removed. If not a seal was placed on the disconnect
One of our hospitals had original Otis elevators and I was going to make a video and then... THEY GOT MODERNIZED!!!!!
+Matthew Mattison oh no! Which is why you have to get in there quick! So many times i though to myself "I'll come back next week to film it" then it's been too late. An example is an old video on the sainsburys lifts. Demolished a week later! Glad i got in there when I did!
matt this one is awesome.
Thanks :)
Does the building and the lifts still exist?
Nope, it was Demolished
Great video!! Greetings from germany..
thanks!
I'm sorry but is this the carpark with an air aid siren on the roof?
You don't have to apologize to speak to strangers on TH-cam ;-) It's what the comment section is made for!
+Royann Greenwood nope... the car park with the siren is in camberley. This car park is birmingham probably 150 miles apart.
There is a carpark in the neighborhood where I used to live that has a mean looking, and sounding disaster siren on the top level. :D
Looks like she could still potentially run... I got a chill when you entered... Always do...
haha - when I entered in the footage that was the second time I entered (you can see the cabinet doors are already open) so I already knew what was in there. I did delay shining the torch for a split second to add to the effect, which is probably the chill that I gave you ;)
YEEE
anyone will ask this curious question.
why was it not working??
7:18another person?
I Thought That Too, It Might Just Be His Mate Though
That was the guy who let me in, this was organised!
what was the second song that goes doo doo da do doo?
+Jess Valenzuela to save me watching it all please let me know the minutes and seconds of the music you like? Thanks
mrmattandmrchay, thank you. it was the music that started and 3:48
Jess Valenzuela Namaste by Audionautix th-cam.com/video/_vZgl7GfFuk/w-d-xo.html
What car is that?
Perfect music,
Thanks :)
whats that red siren thing
help me / over heated or fire alarm
That's called a YODALARM! I remember them from way back in the 80s. It's a two-tone sounder. The one in the motor room is probably original from the 70s and is probably linked to the fire alarm. Whether it still works is something else!
Have you ever been to the US?
Yep! I've been to Boston, and uhmmmm that's about it LOL. But we are coming to Florida very soon :) I've got to drive on the right and have the gear stick (or gear shift as you call it?!) on the right. NOT looking forward to driving in Florida, but I guess I'll get used to it!
You could have pulled the brake release or hand winded it
HAHA, but not with a guy from the council there!
Did he have the 417 key to open that gate?
yep! Took a lot of emails to arrange!
Why are the doors covered ?
To be honest, I don't know why they discontinued the lift access. With the amount of floors, you would have thought they'd repaired or modernised them. Probably all down to costs, who will pay for the costs and lack of demand.
@@mrmattandmrchay I'm betting the lifts got failing inspection results, so the carpark went with the cheapest option and just seal the lifts out of service. This looks like the fuses were removed or a seal was placed on the disconnect with the doors blocked with plywood. Fun fact! In Ohio USA, if an elevator gets sealed out of service, the cables are required to be removed with the car & counterweight resting in the pit. Hydraulic elevators need their piping removed.
Why haven’t you tried to turn them on? Maybe they would’ve respond
Look what they have done to the poor Bennie they have boarded him up
Nice way to keep derelict lifts in one piece.
I hope that gate was locked afterwards.
SO MANY CCTV CAMERAS wow
yep, I'm wondering if that's what the microwave link was originally for on the roof. But probably they all go back to the car park office.
You just stole a key for motor room access? ;)
Must say the back and front are verrrry clean. Nice cable management.
Good video with informative part!
Thanks for your comment, but I didn't steal anything. The visit is totally legit :)
*gasps* WHY DID THEY BOARD UP SOME ORIGINAL BENNIE LIFTS (I hope these still work)
The buttons look like Express
They are express buttons! They look like a replacement for the original ones, they probably got vandalised :(
You could just turn them on😂
the old danger music was better.
nice vid anyways. the relay video sure promises
+Tiago Costa i know what you mean... but the music i used at the start was too long so I overlapped it into the intro as kind of a "follow into the proper movie". I wouldnt normally do that but just a technique and its something different
Theres a siren on the roof
Actually Not
Too bad you can’t open the cage and remove the boards so we we can see what they look like despite them not working.
what a waste of usefull machinery
Edit to your channel info that everything you do is legal
Thanks for the comment and idea but not sure it's really neccessary.