Awful Otis LRV hydraulic elevators at The Home Depot in Merrifield VA

(📹 6/2/2024) Here are some patently awful Otis elevators at The Home Depot in Merrifield VA. These things are clearly not maintained to the slightest extent. One of the cars is missing a fluorescent bulb. The cabs are dirty and trashy. The phone box doors are either damaged or missing completely, which also sounds lovely. They also make awful screeching sounds too. At least they aren't low on oil like I was anticipating. The right car levels quite quickly though. These do have interesting floor passing chimes that I heard one other time, being the funicular elevator at the San Diego Convention Center. The door operators are clearly replaced with AT400 linear operators. For some reason, Google says that this is in Fairfax, but it's clearly in Merrifield, even the public records I researched on this place say Merrifield.
Filming equipment:
- Camera: Samsung Galaxy S24
- Resolution of original video: 2160p
- FPS: 60
Some elevator info:
Review of the elevator
- Cab: Awful
- Fixture/button choice: Bruh
- Chimes/voice annunciator: Interesting
- Ride quality: Crappy
- Condition: Horrible
- Speed choice: Decent
- Motor: neh
- Fun factor: crappy
- Overall: Big flaming piece of crap
Other notes:
- Improvements needed: give them more TLC
- Filming risk: lowish
- Additional notes: n/a
Elevator infrastructure:
- Manufactured by: Otis in 1993
- Modernization by: n/a
- Elevator model: LRV
- Propulsion: Inground hydraulic
- Power unit: Submersible
- Capacity: 3500 lbs (1590 kgs)
- Speed: 125 fpm (0.65 m/s)
- Floors traveled: 2
- Opening count: 2
- Quantity of elevators: 2
- Elevator control type: Microprocessor CPU
- Elevator control brand: Otis
- Cars per controller group: 2
Elevator Fixtures:
- Buttons (hall): Otis Series 1
- Buttons (car): Otis Series 1
- Braille type/style: Integrated into fixture
- Fire key: SC-1000
- Emergency phone: Thyssenkrupp HelpLink
- Phone ADA compliant: Yes
- Position Indicators: Otis VFD 16 segment
Elevator Doors:
- Door configuration: Single side
- Door operator: Otis AT400 linear (retrofitted from QL harmonic)
- Door sensors: Multi-beam
- Door closer type: Spirator
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That's the same floor passing "bing" that sears seven corners used to have. The call recognition "bip" is so funny!

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The only other place I've heard that in person was the funicular elevator at the San Diego Convention Center