Anybody have experience of setting the safetys on inclinator residential units for cat 1 tests ? I have taken several on ...two roped hydro two stops and one 3 stop double drum drive . Have had the hydros for a while but not had to do cat one testing until now as the AHJ didn't require it until recently ( I tested relief pressure etc.. For my piece of mind ) .
I have been told the best way of doing it is with a bottle jack sat on a piece of timber , Hand lower onto jack , jack it up 12 inches then using a tag line from outside the shaft yank the wood away . Anyone done it like this ? How did it work out ? Would the same process work on the drum drive unit ? ( guess you would have to hand crank it back up off the safetys after ) . This may seem an obvious question for some of you guys but funnily enough after nearly thirty years in the industry I have never had to do safety gear test on a residential until now !
Thanks in advance
