Do you rely on a 86 year old car to get around town everyday? Does anyone in your building own a 86 year old anything that they use everyday? No.

A full modernization is the safest solution. If a full modernization is not feasible in the immediate future then a control relay overlay might be an option. I have done a few of these myself and it does make a controller safer with newer designed parts which are less of a fire hazard. An overlay will be fairly expensive to do properly and is only a temporary solution. It would be better to put that money into a mod.


The other components of the elevator(machine, brake, fixtures, etc.) might be in just as bad of shape as the controller so reliability might only be achieved with a full mod.