Northern & Western New Jersey Lift Filming Journal

Hey all, this will be a quick analysis of the lift at the Corbit Building in Clinton Township, NJ. This lift is a 3 story, early 1980’s model OTIS Hydro 211 with Relay Controls. Upon taking a first look into this lift back in May 2019, I had some doubts about how this lift would work, so I sent it up to floor 3, listening to the motor, before it came back down to my floor. Upon entering the lift, you’re greeted with a nice wooden interior with a charming red carpet floor. The doors are metal and so is the panel. The door open and close buttons are green, while the alarm button is yellow. How does it run? Upon the door closing, there is a 2-second delay, as the motor kicks into gear. You’re pushed upward until you hit a speed of roughly 40 meters per minute going up (which is very fast for this building), taking only 5 seconds to reach floor 2. The button goes out as the door opens, unlike the Beaver Brook lifts where the button goes out as the lift is leveling. These do not have in...

I do not have much time to elaborate on every single detail of the lifts at the Bridgewater Mall in Bridgewater Township, so I will try to narrow down my analyses as quick as possible. I have no time to include pictures as visuals either, so you’ll just have to refer to the attached YouTube video below. The Mall itself Bridgewater Commons Mall is a mall from the early 1980’s that has gone through quite a few renovations and expansions over the years. Inside the mall, the original anchors are Macy’s and Bloomingdales, which both have Westinghouse lifts, still fully original to the 1980’s construction project. The carpark was added in during the 1990’s and features the first lift I filmed which was the Dover glass hydraulic. Inside the mall, there is a food court on the third floor with three sets of escalators throughout the main part of the mall, with three more sets inside the multi-level stores (Bloomingdales, Macy’s, and Lord & Taylor). The majority of the escalators are Schin...

Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely love the Schindler 300A. I think it was one of the most interestingly-built and programmed low-rise hydraulic lift models of the 1990’s. But, as with any hydraulic lift, the run quality on Schindler 300A’s are always different, as is the case for the two carpark lifts at the Hilton Glendale that go into the “underworld”. Specifically, by the term “underworld”, I mean five or more stories below the ground.   However, before I even filmed these lifts, I first rode them the day before to get a gist of what to expect for run quality when I decided to film them. Before the film Going down To give it a spin, I took the right lift down only one level to floor P1. The door closed with a very loud BANG & the lift jolted down to full speed, almost like a vintage single-speed lift. Despite being scary, this gave the lift more character as the motor going down sounded like a SUBMARINE, much like that giant OTIS Series M2 hydro that Traction151 filme...

I am excited to say that I am celebrating yet a new anniversary! Every year is one more year that I have happily been filming lifts! Thank you for watching my YouTube videos, and subscribing to my YouTube channel frirnds. from WordPress https://ift.tt/361cnCQ via IFTTT

Hey all, it has been a pleasure being part of the thriving LFC (Lift Filming Community) for four years now!! Today is the 4th anniversary of my lift filming career, with many more anniversaries in the future! Despite the adversity along the way, I am happy to still be part of the Lift Filming Community and to see everyone’s contribution to making this such an amazing community where we get to share our knowledge on the different lifts and escalators. Kean University Lift Videos Anyway, here is what to expect going up on the YouTube Channel by January 2, 2020 (One week after the 4th anniversary): Hennings Hall and Liberty Hall Academic Center from KEAN University (5AM Eastern Time) CAS and Green Lane Academic Building from KEAN University (8AM Eastern Time) North Avenue Academic Building & STEM Building from KEAN University (11AM Eastern Time) All lift video editing will occur on December 29th 2019 for the KEAN University lift videos. LA Trip Lift Videos Here is what to ex...

Tallest 700A’s I have been on Arguably, at 20 stories, these have been the tallest Schindler 700A’s I have EVER been on, and the first I’ve been on in a hotel. However, I have noticed some interesting characteristics of the Schindler 700A in mid to high rise applications. Epic lifts indeed To start off, these lifts had absolutely incredible acceleration, deceleration and leveling. They take off like rockets and travel at a mindblowing speed of 120 meters per minute, despite serving a travel distance of 55-60 meters. The deceleration is similar to the Schindler 700A’s at the Nordstrom store at the Mall at Short Hills, as it smoothly phases into its full deceleration mode. In terms of character, these lifts do tend to make a little bit of noise and shake on the way up and down the tower. Car 3 makes a very loud screeching noise as it accelerates towards level 17 going down, which I find to make the ride even more fun. These lifts were installed in 1993, which gives them even more 199...