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#9008 - 11/17/13 10:26 PM
Re: Code question about signaling/alarm/communication
[Re: Robert Krieger]
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sreja
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We are in Illinois.
I appreciate the sentiment, but the reality is that putting the alarm button on battery backup means a $3,000 cost.
In an 80 year old traction elevator servicing a 5 story residential building, which already has a fancy emergency phone that isn't dependent on building power, and elevator walls that make it very easy to hear anyone calling out from within elevator, you can imagine why we don't feel that putting the alarm bell on battery power makes much sense if its not required.
i suppose one could think up scenarios where someone who is mute gets stuck and the power fails, and the phone fails, and who is to weak to pound on the doors, could benefit from having the alarm bell on battery backup.. but then if it's not a code requirement you'd still have to ask yourself if maybe the $3,000 might be better spent on some different optional safety device..
another way to look at it is simply that, we'd like to know whether (since we have the phone) the alarm bell being on battery power required by code or not-- if not then we can at least CONSIDER our options. if it is, there is no point in us doing continued research about our options.
Last edited by sreja; 11/17/13 10:30 PM.
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#9009 - 11/17/13 11:35 PM
Re: Code question about signaling/alarm/communication
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Robert Krieger
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http://www.cjanderson.com/el100-xemergencylight-completeunit.aspxIs a local vendor who supports elevator safety. Tell the salesman from your service company that you don't mind helping his kids through school, but you don't seem to see a reason to pay for the whole thing. Most importantly, if the equipment you are referring to was part of a previous install or "legacy" it was accepted by the Authority having jurisdiction at the time it was installed and since you have done nothing to cause that system to be upgraded, it would seem that they are misinformed about the requirement to suddenly add a $3,000 battery back up unit. Call for pricing on the above and I think you will be surprised. Ask your salesman to show you where this requirement applies to your installation. Yet another reason to be skeptical about "confidence men" who talk with the tone and demeanor of a knowledgeable person. More importantly, are you willing to give such people more of your money? As I recently learned in a seminar, the obvious and beyond obvious question is "What else has this guy (or his company) done?" Respectfully, Robert L Krieger Jr.
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