Hey guys, Anyone have answers to lowering/removing extreme static discharge when hotel guests hit the call buttons on the upper floors (floors 2-4) of a hotel? The elevator landing area as well as the corridors have carpet and in the winter months, it really gives a big static charge when guests hit the call buttons. It doesn't happen/not near as prevalent on the first floor as it's all tile in that area. We have one TKE Endura 35 II A and one TKE Endura 25 A MRL Hydraulic TAC32 elevators with standard stainless steel trim and stainless steel call buttons at each floor.
#32642 - 03/02/2208:43 PMRe: Static Discharge on call buttons in a hotel
[Re: panhandle21]
You could ground every hall station to the building steel, or switch the buttons out with plastic ones, but they suck, had a problem like that years ago, we just grounded them to the duct work which was attached to the building steel
#32643 - 03/02/2209:27 PMRe: Static Discharge on call buttons in a hotel
[Re: panhandle21]
Grounding won't help. The faceplates and boxes should already be grounded. I think the biggest problem with static is low humidity. You might ask the maintenance if any thing could be done. I have the same problem in the wintertime in my own house.
#32654 - 03/03/2211:13 PMRe: Static Discharge on call buttons in a hotel
[Re: panhandle21]
Had to add additional grounding on 2 jobs because I kept losing hnb cards with carpeted floors. Fixtures were bonded to the box only. This was mentioned by tech support after everything else was eliminated. Lost 2 cards in one week once. Problem went away after.
#32671 - 03/06/2203:07 AMRe: Static Discharge on call buttons in a hotel
[Re: panhandle21]