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HORROR STORY 300A’s TO THE UNDERWORLD

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 filmed not too long ago. However, this lift also felt like it was built very cheaply and was about to fall apart any second, which added to the fear factor. All-in-all, this lift travels a very long distance underground (for 5 levels), as evidenced by Traction151’s video of these last year or the year before. They were not holding up well at all for the 26 years they’ve been in service. I’ve been on lifts from the 70s and 80s which could be argued run and hold up much better than these fine, classical, epic fails for lifts. A much larger disgrace to Hilton for failing to maintain these lifts to a high-profile brand’s expected standards by its guests and clientele. I’m pretty sure I would NOT be super comfortable getting stuck in a HYDRAULIC lift a very long distance underground in between floors with limited stairway access. All in all, going down on these unreliable lifts was pretty scary, but nowhere near as scary as the infamous MontgomeryKONE/OTIS/Schindler lifts in Atlantic City that I filmed a year and a half before.

Going up

Riding in the same lift, when the door closed, it automatically reopened halfway through closing without me tapping the door open button, which made me run out of the lift panicking. I sent that lift upstairs in nudge mode, as I waited for the lift on the right to take me back up to the lobby level. While downstairs, I stared my camera at the two lifts, as I was waiting for the other lift to take me back up to the lobby level from level P1. When the other lift came, I hit the button for “L”, standing back as the door made rattly sounds while closing. When the doors finally closed, the lift jolted to its full speed, with a motor that sounded like it was about to give out. When it got to the top landing, the lift was pretty low on oil, as evidenced by struggling as it reached the top floor. I could not wait to get out of that lift, as I thought I was going to get stuck in it.

Summary

Over the course of the informative journal, we have learned that:

  • An underworld is 5 stories or more underground.
  • These lifts need to be modernised ASAP.
  • They have mechanical wear-and-tear and the build quality seems to be cheap as these are not holding up well at all for their age at only 26 years.
  • The hydraulic motors are located 5 stories underground with limited stairway access, making these hard to access if a passenger gets trapped anywhere in the shaft.

Expect another journal post soon!



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