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Last week a hospital job in Cleveland taught me a hard lesson about old door safety edges

I was swapping out a hydraulic controller in a 1970s freight elevator and got zapped by a frayed door edge wire that had been rubbing for years. Nobody had flagged it on the last inspection and it nearly knocked me off the ladder. How do you guys handle aging safety edges on old Otis units before they become a shock hazard?
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david_palmer
Right @the_felix, same thing happened to me last month on a 60s Otis, frayed edge wire got me right in the hand.
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wesley639
wesley6396d ago
Huh, never thought about it that way before but you're right.
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the_felix
the_felix6d ago
Guess that frayed wire was trying to give you an electrifying performance review.
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