DYSFUNCTIONAL Westinghouse traction elevators - Bourbon Tower - Showboat Resort - Atlantic City NJ

(📹 3/29/2024) GOOD LORD...
Could these be one of the worst elevator systems I've seen?
So many burnt out lanterns, hall buttons, and bell solenoids clearly scream a total ADA violation. These things take a goddamn century to even get to you and I was burning through my phone's battery and storage trying to get starting footage for the video of these. Clearly two of the six elevators are broken and the obnoxiously high traffic this hotel receives made these become absolute disasters. These clearly have the least efficient controllers I've seen and I have no clue if it's one of those old school PLC based types. The keyreader situation on these are an absolute joke. These have the STUPIDEST keyreader systems I've ever seen. Only select floors are locked depending on the COP you use and the system used is obsolete to the hotel. Clearly they are unlocked (good news for elevator fans). Not only all of the above, even actual guests have criticized the elevators here (and you can hear a guest's raw opinion on them at 0:56).
To summarize my five billion sentence rant of these crappy elevators, these are a total s%*tshow. These clearly need to be modded with a full destination dispatch system as soon as possible. Obviously, try to keep the dinner bells.
Clearly the entire place has to be one of the biggest dumpster fires I've seen. This place is clearly an overkill zoo that's overpopulated. The entire place was worn down and dysfunctional. The Lucky Snake Arcade is also the biggest laughingstock I've seen, especially the pinball section.
The elevators in the entire premises though, are the biggest pieces of crap I've seen. I've said enough about the Bourbon Tower elevators. The Mardi Gras tower elevators are also some of the glitchiest and run down Dover elevators I've seen. The Premier Lite ones were kinda decent, but also glitchy.
Filming equipment:
- Camera: Samsung Galaxy S24
- Resolution of original video: 1080p
- FPS: 120
Some elevator info:
Review of the elevator
- Cab: Nice
- Fixture/button choice: Decent
- Chimes/voice annunciator: AMAZING DINNER BELLS!!!!!
- Ride quality: Fine
- Condition: On their last straws
- Speed choice: decent
- Motor: none really, but a decent motor generator
- Fun factor: Awesome, if they weren't so crowded or took centuries to come
- Overall: Crappy
Other notes:
- Improvements needed: consider a total modernization of these, including the hall lanterns except for the dinner bells. Keep those puppies ringing loud and clear!
- Filming risk: lowish
- Additional notes: n/a
Elevator infrastructure:
- Manufactured by: Westinghouse in 1987
- Modernization by: ??? in the late 90's
- Elevator model: traction
- Propulsion: 2:1 overslung overhead gearless traction
- Motor drive: Motor generator?
- Capacity: 4000 lbs (1815 kgs)
- Speed: 500 fpm (2.5 m/s)
- Floors traveled: 23
- Opening count: 23
- Quantity of elevators: 6
- Elevator control type: PLC based?
- Elevator control brand: Virginia Controls
- Cars per controller group: 6
Elevator Fixtures:
- Buttons (hall): Westinghouse AE (EPCO WA-9 on lower level landings)
- Buttons (car): EPCO Circleline & MRB-9
- Braille type/style: Square
- Fire key: ACE
- Emergency phone: In cabinet (did not check)
- Phone ADA compliant: Yes?
- Position Indicators: CE Electronics 16 segment
Elevator Doors:
- Door configuration: Center opening
- Door operator: GAL MODCTL harmonic
- Door sensors: Multi-beam
- Door closer type: Spirator
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[@Dwall44]

Also, little to no shaft noise does not mean an elevator is broken or out of service. It could just be that they’re not being used, going back to the possibly faulty controller system they have here.

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

I mentioned nothing about shaft noise being the cause of an out of service elevator. There's probably another legit reason why two were broke

[@QEElevators]

These would have a super cool machine room with them being orginal

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

They would definitely have an awesome machine room regardless

[@QEElevators]

The description is wrong, 500fpm is 2.5 m/s

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

Oops, I'll fix that soon. Nice catch

[@wereswdfgrdesd]

these need a mod

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

totally

[@Dav1205Firealarmsandelevators]

They can atleast keep the westy bells

[@Dwall44]

Lol wow that description. Sure they’re pretty glitchy, but not that big of a deal. People really need to calm down about these elevators. You’re not the only one I’ve seen talking about them like that. The Dover’s just might be worse than this in my opinion. Also the service elevators in this tower are epic. Hopefully all the banks here will stay original for a long time. Sure the Westinghouse bank in this video as well as the Dover elevators in the other tower could use a controller upgrade but that’s about it if you ask me.

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

A controller upgrade with load weighing would be a great solution. MCE or SmartRise wouldn't be bad. The Dovers definitely were crap here.

[@Dwall44]

@@dmvelevatorsandmore I think MCE would be a good choice. I just don’t see it happening anytime soon because I don’t think this place is necessarily filling the rooms if you know what I’m saying. You should check the reviews for the place, they’re not great unfortunately.
Also, you got me with Lucky Snake. Lucky Snake rules! best arcade i’ve seen outside of Wildwood.

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

@Dwall44 I honestly wish Lucky Snake would take better care of their stuff, especially the pinball machines as 90% of them had at least one issue when I came here