Elevator Mis-Level

In this building, we've got a bit of a problematic elevator... when it tries to go up to any floors beyond #2, it fails to platform properly but attempts to open its doors before it's in position. This causes the controller to be unhappy and immediately close the doors again. After a brief pause, the elevator returns to the lobby.

This video is, hopefully, a demonstration both of how elevators can experience errors but also of how you are never going to be in big trouble or at risk of harm in an elevator... if it's not working properly, try the "door open" button and/or try to place calls to other floors, especially the recall floor like the lobby... then egress.

Most of all, stay calm. You'll be just fine. :-)

(And, yes, I explained to the staff what was happening -- thankful for my Spanish -- and am working with them to inform their maintenance staff and get a service call underway)

[landypaule]

The elevator sure is old enough to buy a beer. But unfortunately the bar is on the 4th floor.... 😭

[junejones]

I like the Music playing in the Background..it Takes your mind off the Misbehaving elevator..🥳🥳🎵🎼🎶🎧

[ElmerCat]

Before you even mentioned the brand "Dover", I figured this was an oil-hydraulic elevator — I've always disliked them! By contrast, I loved the "Plunger" brand, water-hydraulic elevator in my mother's office building. 

The seven-floor elevator was powered by the city water supply, and used absolutely no electricity (except for a light fixture in the open-cage cab). Floor-leveling was done by hand, with the operator manipulating a cable-controlled valve which regulated the flow of water into and out of the main piston cylinder. It was a fun elevator to ride!

[davidhamilton]

Working security, when the elevators started doing random stuff, i used the bypass key to enter manual mode and another key to turn the elevator off for a minute. Didn’t work all the time, but often enough. I equated it to resetting a phone or computer, something we all do on occasion. Other times I’d use the elevator door key to gain access, but obviously cautious to know elevator on that level. Sad reading about people jumping down from a halfway up elevator, only to lose their footing on the platform and fall down the open shaft.

[lexluthor]

Nice that you can inform them because of your Spanish.

[peterdeutscher]

I think the door closing properly, need fixtures for this elevator. This one looks like a broken door elevator, isn't. What suppose be ask the manager something problem this elevator are not installed with it and lack of door full closing properly is. Quite surprising this elevator being neglect properly these doors not closing properly. Did you see that small view bit open that door... See 0:42sec. It's not safe to good an elevator isn't. That's lucky, what expected of this elevator going be trapped it is! 😦

[AalbertTorsius]

I'm so used to zero-based indexing of floors that I'm always startled when seeing anything else.

[TallifTallonbrook]

it is the safety. the floor is out of adjustment. The magnet on the tape for location has moved or the slow down magnet is missing. Do not pick on Dover they are great elevators. Bought out by Thyssen Krupp. The first troubleshoot for that brand not leveling.

[MichaelBerthelsen]

But why would you WANT a drunk elevator...? Although maybe it's like some people and foreign languages, works better when tipsy...? Maybe that's why it's mis-leveling. It's just not drunk enough yet.

[Eimaj]

Elevator was like "I hate the 4th floor, I'm goin back down" 😂

[madbstard]

Was waiting for you to prise the doors apart and John McClane it onto the 4th :D

[tugboatyan]

Some say he still rides the drunk elevator to this day...

[jeffbrownstain]

I was once in an elevator that plumetted seven floors. I can't say it wasn't the fault of the people I was with..

[mman]

Would it even go past the fourth floor to the fifth?

[BigDish]

Well I'd rather go to 5th and climb down stairs to 4th than go to 3rd and climb stairs up to 4th...
Now what about the people already on the 4th floor? Is there a crowd waiting for the elevator that will never show up? lol

[dylanheadrick]

Out of curiosity, what kind of building? What was above floor 2? Was it a public facing elevator?

[aviationfreak]

Lol fleetwood macs don't stop is playing in the back ground

[villian_von_badguy_ii]

I have seen plenty of videos with you talking about elevators .. Fix it