GreenPants,
Thank you so much for such a fast and helpful reply. Can't tell you how much useful it is to have a "second opinion" on this.
It's a beautiful old elevator.
As for as changing the relays -- you'll appreciate that if we're going to end up spending $6,000 to have a DC break put in, we don't really have any spare money to do optional work. Hell we don't have the money to do the DC break
