Was this elevator in an apartment or office building? I don't recall seeing an elevator with every floor button having a lockout key. I bet the trouble is with the floor button panel's wiring, floor buttons/lockout key switches. Not likely with the controller or floor relays. Might be a faulty lockout switch not completely opening as why the elevator goes "to the basement sometimes"
I think its in a office building, but not a regular office, but more like a "rental office building", where a company rents a floor (meaning, each floor houses a different company). The female which have the elevator keys, is propably the manager of the building aswell, and she locks out the floors where the office is closed, to prevent visitors from going to the closed offices. The second floor is propably her office, which is then always open. (This could be for one of 2 reasons: Either, the elevator exit directly into a office, meaning the elevator lockout is the only security of the office, or, the lockout could be to prevent loitering in a lobby area between the elevator and a locked office door, for the closed offices) Think like a apartment building, but for companies/corporations. If it would be a apartment building, it would not make sense, as even if a tenant of the apartments had a key, the lock should really been auto-return so you cannot unlock someone's floor, only ride to it. And if it would be a "normal office building" the locks would not make sense either, then you could have that lock as a call button.
@@sebastiannielsen If each floor was housing an indivdual company, whether or not they had a lobby area, with doors leading into offices or the elevator opened into one big office area. Then it would make sense locking off the elevator access to these floors, that is unoccupied. Or where the tenant's office is closed with a reception area (lobby) to prevent loitering. Most office building floors have several companies, organizations leasing/renting office space on each floor within indivdual offices.
@@TheTheo58 Exactly what I wrote (with "rental office building") With "normal office building" in my last paragraph, I meant a office building where only one company have the office. Then you would have a key lock on the call button instead
WE LOVE BASEMENTS!!
yep!
Taking the elevator to different floors that are dark 😱😱 and there's dark hallways 😱
lol
That Dover elevator is definitely weird.
Woolworth? there is one in NYC from 1913
Dover are my favorite elevators
I can tell it has a glitch by the flickering floor indicator lol 😛
I remember that time on one of your videos where the lift (UK term for elevator) seemed to love the penthouse lol
Do they still put Dovers in buildings anymore?
No their elevator division was bought by thyssenkrupp in 1999-2001, so thyssenkrupp's the closest you'll get to a modern Dover.
It's a pretty nice dover elevator
The indicator is glitchy.
That door open button is really weird. It seems like the single button is operating under fire service.
Why did she lock 3 as well?
propably because the office at that floor closes at that time, so while helping him to diagnose the elevator, she also did her duty.
Was this elevator in an apartment or office building? I don't recall seeing an elevator with every floor button having a lockout key. I bet the trouble is with the floor button panel's wiring, floor buttons/lockout key switches. Not likely with the controller or floor relays. Might be a faulty lockout switch not completely opening as why the elevator goes "to the basement sometimes"
I think its in a office building, but not a regular office, but more like a "rental office building", where a company rents a floor (meaning, each floor houses a different company). The female which have the elevator keys, is propably the manager of the building aswell, and she locks out the floors where the office is closed, to prevent visitors from going to the closed offices. The second floor is propably her office, which is then always open.
(This could be for one of 2 reasons: Either, the elevator exit directly into a office, meaning the elevator lockout is the only security of the office, or, the lockout could be to prevent loitering in a lobby area between the elevator and a locked office door, for the closed offices)
Think like a apartment building, but for companies/corporations.
If it would be a apartment building, it would not make sense, as even if a tenant of the apartments had a key, the lock should really been auto-return so you cannot unlock someone's floor, only ride to it. And if it would be a "normal office building" the locks would not make sense either, then you could have that lock as a call button.
@@sebastiannielsen If each floor was housing an indivdual company, whether or not they had a lobby area, with doors leading into offices or the elevator opened into one big office area. Then it would make sense locking off the elevator access to these floors, that is unoccupied. Or where the tenant's office is closed with a reception area (lobby) to prevent loitering. Most office building floors have several companies, organizations leasing/renting office space on each floor within indivdual offices.
@@TheTheo58 Exactly what I wrote (with "rental office building")
With "normal office building" in my last paragraph, I meant a office building where only one company have the office. Then you would have a key lock on the call button instead
Oh yes
Another Super Dover
Just goes to show how crappy Dover's tractions were, even in their golden days.
HAHA