APPENDIX A 2.2.
6 Stop Switch in Pits
ASME A17.1 CODE
The following material is reprinted with permission from the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
SECTION 2.2
PITS
2.2.4 Access to Pits
Safe and convenient access shall be provided to all pits,
and shall conform to 2.2.4.1 through 2.2.4.4.
2.2.4.4 Separate pit door, when provided, shall be sub-
ject to the following requirements:
(a) If the door swings into the pit, it shall be
located so that it does not interfere with moving
equipment.
(b) If the door swings out, and the lowest structural or
mechanical part, equipment, or device installed beneath
the car platform, except guide shoes or rollers or safety
jaw assemblies, projects below the top of the separate pit
access door opening when the car is level with the bottom
terminal landing
(1) an electric contact conforming to 2.26.2.26 shall
be provided to prevent operation of the elevator when the
door is open; and
(2) the door shall be provided with a vision
panel(s) that is glazed with clear wired glass not less than
6 mm (0.25 in.) thick, will reject a ball 150 mm (6 in.) in
diameter, and have an area of not more than 0.03 m 2 (47
in.2).
(c) The door shall provide a minimum opening of
750 mm (29.5 in.) in width and 1 825 mm (72 in.) in
height.
(d) The door shall be equipped with a barrier con-
forming to 2.11.1.2(i), where the door sill is located more
than 300 mm (12 in.) above the pit floor.
(e) The door shall be self-closing and provided with a
spring-type lock arranged to permit the door to be opened
from inside of the pit without a key. Such doors shall be
kept closed and locked. The key shall be of Group 1 Secu-
rity (see 8.1).
2.2.5 Illumination of Pits
A permanent lighting fixture shall be provided and shall
conform to 2.2.5.1 through 2.2.5.3.
2.2.5.1 The lighting shall provide an illumination of
not less than 100 lx (10 fc) at the pit floor and at a pit plat-
form, when provided.
2.2.5.2 The light bulb(s) shall be externally guarded to
prevent contact and accidental breakage.
2.2.5.3 The light switch shall be so located as to be
accessible from the pit access door.
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There shall be installed in the pit of each elevator an
enclosed stop switch or switches meeting the requirements
of 2.26.2.7 and 2.2.6.1 through 2.2.6.3.
2.2.6.1 This switch shall be so located as to be acces-
sible from the pit access door. Where access to the pits of
elevators in a multiple hoistway is by means of a single
access door, the stop switch for each elevator shall be
located adjacent to the nearest point of access to its pit
from the access door.
2.2.6.2 In elevators where access to the pit is through
the lowest landing hoistway door, a stop switch shall be
located approximately 450 mm (18 in.) above the floor
level of the landing, within reach from this access floor
and adjacent to the pit ladder, if provided. When the pit
exceeds 1 700 mm(67 in.) in depth, an additional stop
switch is required adjacent to the pit ladder and approxi-
mately 1 200 mm (47 in.) above the pit floor.
2.2.6.3 Where more than one switch is provided, they
shall be wired in series.
SECTION 2.4
VERTICAL CLEARANCES AND RUNBYS
FOR CARS AND COUNTERWEIGHTS
2.4.1 Bottom Car Clearances
2.4.1.1 When the car rests on its fully compressed
buffers or bumpers, there shall be a vertical clearance of
not less than 600 mm (24 in.) between the pit floor and the
lowest structural or mechanical part, equipment, or device
installed beneath the car platform, except as specified in
2.4.1.2.
2.4.1.2 The 600 mm (24 in.) clearance does not apply
to the following:
(a) any equipment on the car within 300 mm (12 in.)
horizontally from any side of the car platform;
(b) any equipment located on or traveling with the car
located within 300 mm (12 in.) horizontally from either
side of the car frame centerline parallel to the plane of the
guide rails; and
(c) any equipment mounted in or on the pit floor
located within 300 mm (12 in.) horizontally from either
side of the car frame centerline parallel to the guide rail.
2.4.1.3 In no case shall the available refuge space be
less than the following:
(a) a horizontal area of 600 mm (24 in.) by 1 200 mm
(48 in.) with a height of 600 mm (24 in); or
(b) a horizontal area of 450 mm (18 in.) by 900 mm
(35 in.) with a height of 1 070 mm (42 in.).
2.4.1.4 Trenches and depressions or foundation
encroachments permitted by 2.2.2.2 shall not be consid-
ered in determining these clearances.
 2.4.1.5 When the car is resting on its fully compressed
buffers or bumpers, no part of the car, or any equipment
attached thereto or equipment traveling with the car, shall
strike any part of the pit or any equipment mounted
therein.
2.4.1.6 In any area in the pit, outside the refuge space,
where the vertical clearance is less than 600 mm (24 in.),
that area shall be clearly marked on the pit floor. Markings
shall not be required in the area under the platform guard
and guiding means if that is the only area in the pit where
the vertical clearance is less than 600 mm (24 in.). The
marking shall consist of alternating 100 mm (4 in.) diago-
nal red and white stripes. In addition, a sign with the words
DANGER LOW CLEARANCE shall be prominently
posted on the hoistway enclosure and be visible from
within the pit and the entrance to the pit. The sign shall
conform to ANSI Z535.2 or CAN/CSA-Z321, whichever
is applicable (see Part 9). The sign shall be of such mate-
rial and construction that the letters and figures stamped,
etched, cast, or otherwise applied to the face shall remain
permanently and readily legible.
2.4.6 Top Car Clearances for
Counterweighted Elevators
2.4.6.1 General Requirements. The top car clearance
shall be not less than the sum of the following:
(a) dimensions specified in 2.4.6.2(a) through (d); or
(b) dimensions specified in 2.4.6.2(a), (b), (c), and (e).
2.4.6.2 Components of the Top Car Clearances. The
following shall be considered when calculating the mini-
mum top car clearances:
(a) the designed maximum bottom counterweight
runby [see 2.4.4(b)];
(b) the stroke of the counterweight buffer, determined
as follows:
(1) for full stroke buffers, the stroke of the buffer
used, or the remaining stroke when the buffer is com-
pressed with the car at the top terminal landing (see 2.4.2
and 2.22.4.8); or
(2) for reduced stroke oil buffers (see 2.22.4.1.2), the
full stroke required by 2.22.4.1.1.
(c) 600 mm (24 in.) or the distance which any sheave
or any other equipment mounted in or on the car
crosshead projects above the top of the car crosshead,
whichever is greater, but in no case shall there be less than
150 mm (6 in.) clearance above the equipment, exclusive
of guide-shoe assemblies or gate posts for vertically slid-
ing gates, mounted on the car top or in or on the car
crosshead when the car has reached its maximum upward
movement.
NOTE [2.4.6.2(c)]: See also 2.4.12, requirements for refuge space on
top of car enclosure.
(d) 1 2 the gravity stopping distance, based on:
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(1) 115% of the rated speed where oil buffers are
used, or 115% of the reduced striking speed when emer-
gency terminal-speed limiting devices meeting the
requirements of 2.25.4 are used and no compensating rope
tie-down device in conformance with 2.17.17 is provided
(see 8.2.5 for gravity stopping distances); or
(2) the governor tripping speed where spring buffers
are used.
(e) the distance to which the compensating rope tie-
down device, if provided (see 2.17.17) limits the jump of
the car when the counterweight strikes the buffers at
speeds specified in 2.4.6.2(d).
SECTION 2.11
PROTECTION OF HOISTWAY OPENINGS
2.11.11 Entrances, Horizontal Slide Type
2.11.11.5 Panels. Panels shall conform to 2.11.11.5.1
through 2.11.11.5.8.
2.11.11.5.1 The panels shall overlap the top and sides
of the opening, and each other, in the case of multispeed
entrances, by not less than 13 mm (0.5 in.).
Where entrances without frames are used, the overlap
shall extend the thickness of the facing used to finish the
opening plus 13 mm (0.5 in.) or more.
2.11.11.5.2 The clearance shall not exceed 10 mm
(0.375 in.) between
(a) the panel and the frame;
(b) the panel and the wall, where entrances without
frames are used in masonry or concrete;
(c) related panels of multispeed entrances; and
(d) the panel and the sill measured vertically.
2.11.11.5.3 The leading panel edge of side-opening
entrances shall not close into pockets in the strike jamb
and shall be smooth and free of sharp projections.
2.11.11.5.4 The meeting panel edges of center-opening
entrances shall be smooth and free of sharp projection.
The meeting panel edges of center-opening entrances
shall be protected with not less than one resilient male
member extending the full height of the panel. The
resilient members shall be permitted to interlock by not
more than 10 mm (0.375 in.).
When in the closed position, the distance between the
metal parts of the meeting panels shall not exceed 13 mm
(0.5 in.).
2.11.11.5.5 No areas shall be depressed or raised more
than 3 mm (0.125 in.) from the adjacent area and edges
shall be beveled at not more than 30 deg to the panel sur-
face.
2.11.11.5.6 Where decorative material is applied to
listed/certified panels it shall conform to the requirements
of the certifying organization.
 2.11.11.5.7 The entrance assembly shall be capable of
withstanding a force of 2 500 N (560 lbf) applied on the
landing side at right angles to and approximately at the
center of a panel. This force shall be distributed over an
area of approximately 100 mm by 100 mm (4 in. by 4 in.).
There shall be no appreciable permanent displacement or
deformation of any parts of the entrance assembly result-
ing from this test.
2.11.11.5.8 Means shall be provided to prevent open-
ing of locked doors more than 20 mm (0.8 in.) per panel
at the farthest point from the interlock when a force of
135 N (30 lbf) is applied in the opening direction at the
leading edge of the door at the farthest point from the
interlock.
SECTION 2.12
HOISTWAY-DOOR LOCKING DEVICES
AND ELECTRIC CONTACTS, AND
HOISTWAY ACCESS SWITCHES
2.12.5 Restricted Opening of Hoistway or Car
Doors
Hoistway and car doors of passenger elevators shall
conform to 2.12.5.1 through 2.12.5.3.
2.12.5.1 When a car is outside the unlocking zone, the
hoistway doors or car doors shall be so arranged that the
hoistway doors or car doors cannot be opened more than
100 mm (4 in.) from inside the car.
2.12.5.2 When the car doors are so arranged that they
cannot be opened when the car is outside the unlocking
zone, the car doors shall be openable from outside the car
without the use of a special tool(s).
2.12.5.3 The doors shall be openable from within the
car (see 2.14.5.7) when the car is within the unlocking
zone.
NOTE (2.12.5): See also 2.12.1 and Appendix B, Unlocking Zone.
2.12.7 Hoistway Access Switches
2.12.7.1 General
2.12.7.1.1 Hoistway access switches shall be pro-
vided when the rated speed is greater than 0.75 m/s (150
ft/min) at
(a) the lowest landing for access to the pit, when a sep-
arate pit access door is not provided; and
(b) the top landing for access to the top of the car.
2.12.7.1.2 For elevators with a speed of 0.75 m/s
(150 ft/min) or less, hoistway access switches shall be pro-
vided at the top landing when the distance from the top
of the car to the landing sill exceeds 900 mm (35 in.) when
the car platform is level with the landing immediately
below the top landing.
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2.12.7.2 Location and Design. Hoistway access
switches shall conform to 2.12.7.2.1 through 2.12.7.2.3.
2.12.7.2.1 The switch shall be installed adjacent to
the hoistway entrance at the landing with which it is iden-
tified.
2.12.7.2.2 The switch shall be of the continuous-
pressure spring-return type, and shall be operated by a
cylinder-type lock having not less than a five-pin or five-
disk combination, with the key removable only when the
switch is in the OFF position. The key shall be Group
1 Security (see 8.1).
2.12.7.2.3 The electric contacts in the switch shall
be positively opened mechanically; their openings shall
not be solely dependent on springs.
2.12.7.3 Operating Requirements. The operation of
the switch shall permit movement of the car with the hoist-
way door at this landing unlocked or not in the closed
position, and with the car door or gate not in the closed
position, subject to the requirements of 2.12.7.3.1 through
2.12.7.3.8.
2.12.7.3.1 The operation of the switch shall not ren-
der ineffective the hoistway-door interlock or electric con-
tact at any other landing, nor shall the car move if any
other hoistway door is unlocked.
2.12.7.3.2 The car cannot be operated at a speed
greater than 0.75 m/s (150 ft/min).
2.12.7.3.3 For automatic and continuous-pressure
operation elevators, provided
(a) car and landing operating devices shall first be
made inoperative by means within the car. This means
shall enable the hoistway access switches and shall be
key-operated or behind a locked cover. The key shall be
Group 1 Security (see 8.1); and
(b) power operation of the hoistway door and/or car
door or gate is inoperative.
2.12.7.3.4 Automatic operation by a car-leveling
device is inoperative.
2.12.7.3.5 Both top-of-car inspection operation (see
2.26.1.4.2) and in-car inspection operation (see 2.26.1.4.3)
are not in effect.
2.12.7.3.6 The movement of the car initiated and
maintained by the access switch at the lowest landing, if
this landing is the normal means of access to the pit, shall
be limited in the up direction to the point where the bot-
tom of the platform guard is even with hoistway entrance
header.
2.12.7.3.7 The movement of the car initiated and
maintained by the upper access switch shall be limited in
the down direction to a travel not greater than the height
of the car crosshead above the car platform, and limited in
the up direction to the distance the platform guard extends
below the car platform.
2.12.7.3.8 The access switch shall only control the
movement of the car within the zone specified in
2.12.7.3.6 or 2.12.7.3.7. Control circuits related to, or
operated by, the hoistway access switches shall comply
with 2.26.9.3(c), (d), and (e) and 2.26.9.4.
SECTION 2.13
POWER OPERATION OF HOISTWAY
DOORS AND CAR DOORS
2.13.4 Closing Limitations for Power-Operated
Horizontally Sliding Hoistway Doors and
Horizontally Sliding Car Doors or Gates
2.13.4.2 Closing Mechanism
2.13.4.2.1 Kinetic Energy
(a) Where the hoistway door and the car door/gate are
closed in such a manner that stopping either one manually
will stop both, the kinetic energy of the closing door sys-
tem shall be based upon the sum of the hoistway and the
car door weights, as well as all parts rigidly connected
thereto, including the rotational inertia effects of the door
operator and the connecting transmission to the door pan-
els.
(b) Where a reopening device conforming to 2.13.5 is
used, the closing door system shall conform to the fol-
lowing requirements:
(1) The kinetic energy computed for the actual clos-
ing speed at any point in the code zone distance defined by
2.13.4.2.2 shall not exceed 23 J (17 ft-lbf); and
(2) The kinetic energy computed for the average
closing speed as determined in accordance with 2.13.4.2.2
shall not exceed 10 J (7.37 ft-lbf).
(c) Where a reopening device is not used, or has been
rendered inoperative (see 2.13.5), the closing door system
shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) The kinetic energy computed for the actual clos-
ing speed at any point in the code zone distance defined by
2.13.4.2.2 shall not exceed 8 J (6 ft-lbf).
(2) The kinetic energy computed for the average
closing speed within the code zone distance (see
2.13.4.2.2), or in any exposed opening width, including
the last increment of door travel, shall not exceed 3.5 J (2.5
ft-lbf).
2.13.4.2.2 Door Travel in Code Zone Distance
(a) For all side sliding doors using single or multiple
speed panels, the code zone distance shall be taken as the
horizontal distance from a point 50 mm (2 in.) away from
the open jamb to a point 50 mm (2 in.) away from the
opposite jamb.
(b) For all center-opening sliding doors using single or
multiple speed panels, the code zone distance shall be
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taken as the horizontal distance from a point 25 mm (1 in.)
away from the open jamb to a point 25 mm (1 in.) from the
center meeting point of the doors.
(c) The average closing speed shall be determined by
measuring the time required for the leading edge of the
door to travel the code zone distance.
2.13.4.2.3 Door Force. The force necessary to pre-
vent closing of the hoistway door (or the car door or gate
if power operated) from rest shall not exceed 135 N (30
lbf) (see 2.13.3.1). This force shall be measured on the
leading edge of the door with the door at any point
between one third and two thirds of its travel.
2.13.4.2.4 Data Plate. A data plate conforming to
2.16.3.3 shall be attached to the power door operator or to
the car crosshead and shall contain the following infor-
mation:
(a) minimum door closing time in seconds for the
doors to travel the code zone distance as specified in
2.13.4.2.2 corresponding to the kinetic energy limits spec-
ified in 2.13.4.2.1(b)(2);
(b) minimum door closing time in seconds for the
doors to travel the Code zone distance as specified in
2.13.4.2.2 corresponding to the kinetic energy limits spec-
ified in 2.13.4.2.1(c)(2), if applicable [see 2.27.3.1.6(e)];
(c) where heavier hoistway doors are used at certain
floors, the minimum door closing time in seconds corre-
sponding to the kinetic energy limits specified in
2.13.4.2.1(b)(2) and 2.13.4.2.1(c)(2), if applicable, for
the corresponding floors shall be included on the data
plate.
SECTION 2.14
CAR ENCLOSURES, CAR DOORS AND
GATES, AND CAR ILLUMINATION
2.14.1 Passenger and Freight Enclosures,
General
2.14.1.5 Top Emergency Exits. An emergency exit
with a cover shall be provided in the top of all elevator
cars, except cars in partially enclosed hoistways (see
2.14.1.5.2).
2.14.1.5.1 Top emergency exits shall conform to the
following requirements:
(a) The top emergency exit opening shall have an area
of not less than 0.26 m 2 (400 in.2 ) and shall measure not
less than 400 mm (16 in.) on any side.
(b) The top emergency exit and suspended ceiling
opening, if any, shall be so located as to provide a clear
passageway, unobstructed by fixed equipment located in
or on top of the car. Equipment is permitted directly above
the exit opening, provided that
(1) it is not less than 1 070 mm (42 in.) above the top
of the car; or
 (2) the exit is located to allow unobstructed passage
of a parallel piped volume measuring 300 mm by 500 mm
by 1 500 mm (12 in. by 20 in. by 59 in.) at an angle not less
than 60 deg from the horizontal (see Appendix C).
(c) The top emergency exit cover shall open outward.
It shall be hinged or securely attached with a chain when
in both the open and closed positions. If a chain is used,
it shall be not more than 300 mm (12 in.) in length and
have a factor of safety of not less than 5. The exit cover
shall only be openable from the top of the car, where it
shall be openable without the use of special tools. The exit
cover of the lower compartment of a multideck elevator
shall be openable from both compartments. On elevators
with two compartments, if the emergency exit of the lower
compartment does not open directly into the upper com-
partment, a guarded passageway shall be provided
between the lower compartment roof and the upper com-
partment floor.
(d) The movable portion (exit panel) of the suspended
ceiling that is below the top exit opening shall be
restrained from falling. It shall be permitted to be hinged
upward or downward, provided that the exit will permit a
clear opening with the top exit opening.
(1) A minimum clear headroom of 2 030 mm (80
in.) above the car floor shall be maintained when down-
ward-swinging suspended ceiling exit panels are used.
(2) Upward-opening suspended ceiling exit panels
shall be restrained from closing when in use and shall not
diminish the clear opening area of the corresponding top
exit opening.
(3) The movable portion and the fixed portion of a
suspended ceiling shall not contain lamps that could be
shattered by the rescue operation using the top emergency
exit. The movable portion of the suspended ceiling shall
be permitted to contain light fixtures connected to the sta-
tionary portion of the suspended ceiling wiring by means
of a plug and socket or by flexible armored wiring. Flexi-
ble wiring shall not be used to support or restrain the exit
opening in the suspended ceiling in the open position.
(e) Where elevators installed in enclosed hoistways
are provided with special car top treatments such as
domed or shrouded canopies, the exit shall be made
accessible, including the car top refuge space as specified
in 2.4.12.
(f) Immediately adjacent to the top emergency exit
there shall be a space available for standing when the
emergency exit cover is open. This space shall be permit-
ted to include a portion of the refuge area (see 2.4.12). All
exit covers shall be provided with a car top emergency exit
electrical device (see 2.26.2.18) that will prevent opera-
tion of the elevator car if the exit cover is open more than
50 mm (2 in.), and the device shall be so designed that it
(1) is positively opened;
(2) cannot be closed accidentally when the cover is
removed;
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(3) must be manually reset from the top of the car
and only after the cover is within 50 mm (2 in.) of the fully
closed position; and
(4) shall be protected against mechanical damage.
2.14.1.5.2 On elevators in partially enclosed hoist-
ways, means shall be provided to facilitate emergency
evacuation of passengers. Such means shall not require a
top emergency exit. A top emergency exit shall be permit-
ted.
2.14.4 Passenger and Freight Car Doors and
Gates, General Requirements
2.14.4.11 Closed Position of Car Doors or Gates.
Car doors or gates shall be considered to be in the closed
position under the following conditions:
(a) for horizontally sliding doors or gates, when the
clear open space between the leading edge of the door or
gate and the nearest face of the jamb does not exceed 50
mm (2 in.) except where car-doors are provided with a car
door interlock(s), 10 mm (0.375 in.);
(b) for vertically sliding counterweighted doors or
gates, when the clear open space between the leading edge
of the door or gate and the car platform sill does not
exceed 50 mm (2 in.); and
(c) for horizontally sliding center-opening doors, or
vertically sliding biparting counterbalanced doors, when
the door panels are within 50 mm (2 in.) of contact with
each other, except where horizontally sliding center open-
ing car doors are provided with a car door interlock(s), 10
mm (0.375 in.).
SECTION 2.17
CAR AND COUNTERWEIGHT SAFETIES
2.17.3 Function and Stopping Distance of
Safeties
The safety device, or the combined safety devices
where furnished, shall be capable of stopping and sustain-
ing the entire car with its rated load from governor tripping
speed (see also 2.16.8).
Type B safeties shall stop the car with its rated load
from governor tripping speed within the range of the max-
imum and minimum stopping distances as determined by
the formulas in 8.26. Table 2.17.3 and Figs. 8.2.6-1
through 8.2.6-3 show the maximum and minimum stop-
ping distances for various governor tripping speeds, when
tested in conformance with 8.10 and 8.11.
2.17.5 Identification and Classification of
Types of Safeties
Car safety devices (safeties) are identified and classi-
fied on the basis of performance characteristics after the
safety begins to apply pressure on the guide rails. On this
basis, there are three types of safeties.
 2.17.5.1 Type A Safeties. Safeties that develop a rap-
idly increasing pressure on the guide rails during the stop-
ping interval, the stopping distance being very short due
to the inherent design of the safety. The operating force is
derived entirely from the mass and the motion of the car
or the counterweight being stopped. These safeties apply
pressure on the guide rails through eccentrics, rollers, or
similar devices, without any flexible medium purposely
introduced to limit the retarding force and increase the
stopping distance.
2.17.5.2 Type B Safeties. Safeties that apply limited
pressure on the guide rails during the stopping interval,
and which provide stopping distances that are related to
the mass being stopped and the speed at which application
of the safety is initiated. Retarding forces are reasonably
uniform after the safety is fully applied. Continuous ten-
sion in the governor rope may or may not be required to
operate the safety during the entire stopping interval. Min-
imum and maximum distances are specified on the basis
of governor tripping speed (see 2.17.3).
2.17.5.3 Type C Safeties (Type A With Oil Buffers).
Safeties that develop retarding forces during the com-
pression stroke of one or more oil buffers interposed
between the lower members of the car frame and a gov-
ernor-operated Type A auxiliary safety plank applied on
the guide rails. The stopping distance is equal to the effec-
tive stroke of the buffers.
2.17.7 Governor-Actuated Safeties and Car-
Safety-Mechanism Switches Required
2.17.7.1 Counterweight safeties, where provided for
rated speeds over 0.75 m/s (150 ft/min), and car safeties,
shall be actuated by separate speed governors.
Counterweight safeties for rated speeds of not over 0.75
m/s (150 ft/min) may be operated as a result of the break-
ing or slackening of the suspension ropes and shall be per-
mitted to be of the inertia or other approved type without
governors.
Where counterweight safeties are furnished to provide
ascending car overspeed protection in accordance with
2.19.1.1, they shall be actuated by a counterweight speed
governor (see 2.17.4).
2.17.7.2 Every car safety shall be provided with a
switch, operated by the car safety mechanism (see
2.26.2.9).
A switch operated by the safety mechanism is not
required on counterweight safeties.
2.17.7.3 The car-safety mechanism switch shall oper-
ate before or at the time of application of the safety.
2.17.7.4 Switches operated by the car-safety mecha-
nism shall be of a type that cannot be reset until the car-
safety mechanism has been returned to the unapplied posi-
tion.
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2.17.11 Maximum Permissible Movement of
Governor Rope to Operate the Safety
Mechanism
For all Type B safeties, the movement of the governor
rope, relative to the car or the counterweight, respectively,
required to operate the safety mechanism from its fully
retracted position to a position where the safety jaws begin
to exert pressure against the guide rails, shall not exceed
the following values based on rated speed:
(a) for car safeties:
(1) 1 m/s (200 ft/min) or less: 1 070 mm (42 in.);
(2) 1.01 m/s (201 ft/min) to 1.9 m/s (375 ft/min):
915 mm (36 in.); and
(3) over 1.9 m/s (375 ft/min): 756 mm (30 in.).
(b) for counterweight safeties, all speeds: 1 070 mm
(42 in.).
Drum-operated car and counterweight safeties, requir-
ing continual unwinding of the safety drum rope to fully
apply the safety, shall be so designed that not less than
three turns of the safety rope will remain on the drum after
the overspeed test of the safety has been made with rated
load in the car.
2.17.12 Minimum Factors of Safety and Stresses
of Safety Parts and Rope Connections
2.17.12.4 Rope used as a connection from the safety to
the governor rope, including rope wound on the safety-
rope drum, shall be not less than 9.5 mm (0.375 in.) diam-
eter, shall be made of metal, and shall be corrosion resist-
ant. The factor of safety of the rope shall be not less than
5. Tiller-rope construction shall not be used.
SECTION 2.18
SPEED GOVERNORS
2.18.2 Tripping Speeds for Speed Governors
2.18.2.1 Car Speed Governors. Speed governors for
car safeties shall be set to trip at car speeds as follows:
(a) at not less than 115% of the rated speed; and
(b) at not more than the tripping speed listed oppo-
site the applicable rated speed in Table 2.18.2.1. Maxi-
mum tripping speeds for intermediate rated speeds shall
be determined from Figs. 8.2.5-1 and 8.2.5-2. For rated
speeds exceeding 10 m/s (2,000 ft/min), the maximum
tripping speeds shall not exceed 120% of the rated
speed.
2.18.6 Design of Governor Rope-Retarding
Means for Type B Safeties
Type B car and counterweight safeties shall be activated
by a speed governor with a governor-rope-retarding
means conforming to 2.18.6.1 through 2.18.6.5.
2.18.6.1 Upon activation at the tripping speeds given
by 2.18.2, the means shall retard the rope with a force that
is at least 67% greater than the force required to activate
the safety or to trip the governor-rope releasing carrier,
where used (see 2.17.15).
2.18.6.2 The means shall be set to allow the governor
rope to slip through the speed governor at a rope tension
(the governor pull-through tension) higher than required
to activate the safety or to trip the releasing carrier as spec-
ified in 2.17.15. The maximum tension in the rope shall
not exceed one-fifth of the rated ultimate strength of the
rope.
2.18.6.3 The means shall be designed to prevent appre-
ciable damage to or deformation of the governor rope
resulting from its application (stopping action).
2.18.6.4 The means shall provide a continuous tension
in the governor rope as required to operate the safety dur-
ing the entire stopping interval in accordance with
2.17.5.2.
2.18.6.5 The governor shall be arranged to be tripped
by hand to facilitate the tests specified in 8.10.
SECTION 2.20
SUSPENSION ROPES AND THEIR
CONNECTIONS
2.20.9 Suspension Rope Fastening
2.20.9.8 Anti-Rotation Devices. Following the com-
pletion of the rope socketing and any adjustments of indi-
vidual shackle rods as provided for in 2.20.9.2, means
shall be provided to prevent the rotation of the suspension
ropes without restricting their movement horizontally or
vertically.
SECTION 2.27
EMERGENCY OPERATION AND
SIGNALING DEVICES
NOTE (2.27): Additional requirements may be found in the building
code.
2.27.3 Firefighters Emergency Operation
Automatic Elevators
Firefighters Emergency Operation shall apply to all
automatic elevators except
(a) where the hoistway or a portion thereof is not
required to be fire-resistive construction (see 2.1.1.1), the
travel does not exceed 2 000 mm (80 in.), and the hoist-
way does not penetrate a floor;
(b) in jurisdictions enforcing the NBCC where the
NBCC does not require Firefighters Emergency Opera-
tion.
Where Firefighters Emergency Operation is provided
voluntarily these requirements shall also apply.
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2.27.3.1 Phase I Emergency Recall Operation
2.27.3.1.1 A three-position key-operated switch
shall be
(a) provided only at the designated level for each sin-
gle elevator or for each group of elevators;
(b) labeled FIRE RECALL and its positions marked
RESET, OFF, and ON (in that order), with the
OFF position as the center position. The FIRE
RECALL letters shall be a minimum of 5 mm (0.25 in.)
high in red or a color contrasting with a red background;
(c) located in the lobby within sight of the elevator or
all elevators in that group and shall be readily accessible.
2.27.3.1.2 An additional key-operated FIRE
RECALL switch, with two-positions, marked OFF
and ON (in that order), shall be permitted only at the
building fire control station.
2.27.3.1.3 The switch(es) shall be rotated clockwise
to go from the RESET (designated level switch only),
to OFF to ON positions. Keys shall be removable
only in the OFF and ON positions.
2.27.3.1.4 Only the FIRE RECALL switch(es) or
fire alarm initiating device located at floors that are served
by the elevator, or in the hoistway, or in the elevator
machine room (see 2.27.3.2) shall initiate Phase I Emer-
gency Recall Operation.
2.27.3.1.5 All FIRE RECALL switches shall be
provided with an illuminated visual signal to indicate
when Phase I Emergency Recall Operation is in effect.
2.27.3.1.6 When a FIRE RECALL switch is in the
ON position all cars controlled by the switch shall oper-
ate as follows:
(a) A car traveling towards the designated level shall
continue nonstop to the designated level and power-oper-
ated doors shall open and remain open.
On cars with two entrances, if both entrances can be
opened at the designated level, only the doors serving the
lobby where the FIRE RECALL switch is located shall
open and remain open.
(b) A car traveling away from the designated level shall
reverse at or before the next available landing without
opening its doors and proceed to designated level.
(c) A stopped car shall have the in-car stop switch (see
2.26.2.21) and the emergency stop switch in the car (see
2.26.2.5) when provided, rendered inoperative as soon as
the car moves away from the landing. A moving car shall
have the in-car stop switch and the emergency stop switch
in the car when provided, rendered inoperative without
delay. Once the emergency stop switch in the car and the
in-car stop switch have been rendered inoperative, they
shall remain inoperative while the car is on Phase I Emer-
gency Recall Operation. All other stop switches required
by 2.26.2 shall remain operative.
 (d) A car standing at a landing other than the desig-
nated level, with the doors open and the in-car stop switch
and the emergency stop switch in the car when provided,
in the run position, shall conform to the following:
(1) Elevators having automatic power-operated hor-
izontally sliding doors shall close the doors without delay
and proceed to the designated level.
(2) Elevators having power-operated vertically slid-
ing doors provided with automatic or momentary-pressure
closing operation per 2.13.3.4 shall have the closing
sequence initiated without delay in accordance with
2.13.3.4.1, 2.13.3.4.2, 2.13.3.4.3, and 2.13.3.4.5, and the
car shall proceed to the designated level.
(3) Elevators having power-operated doors provided
with continuous pressure closing operation (see 2.13.3.2),
or elevators having manual doors, shall be provided with
a visual and audible signal system [see 2.27.3.1.6(h)] to
alert an operator to close the doors and shall, when the
doors are closed, proceed to the designated level.
Sequence operation, if provided, shall remain effective.
(e) Door reopening devices for power-operated doors
that are sensitive to smoke or flame shall be rendered inop-
erative without delay. Door reopening devices not sensi-
tive to smoke or flame (e.g., mechanically actuated
devices) are permitted to remain operative. Door closing
for power-operated doors shall conform to 2.13.5.
(f) All car and corridor call buttons shall be rendered
inoperative. All call registered lights and directional
lanterns shall be extinguished and remain inoperative. Car
position indicators, where provided, shall remain opera-
tive. Where provided, landing position indicators shall be
extinguished and remain inoperative, except at the desig-
nated level and the building fire control station, where
they shall remain operative.
(g) Where provided on elevators with vertically slid-
ing doors, corridor door open and close buttons shall
remain operative.
(h) All cars shall be provided with an illuminated
visual and audible signal system which shall be activated
to alert the passengers that the car is returning nonstop to
the designated level. The visual graphic shall be as shown
in Fig. 2.27.3.1.6(h). The signals shall remain activated
until the car has returned to the designated level.
(i) A car stopped at a landing shall have the in-car door
open button rendered inoperative as soon as the car moves
away from the landing The in-car door open button shall
remain inoperative when a car stops to reverse direction.
Once the in-car door open button has been rendered inop-
erative, it shall remain inoperative until the car has
returned to the designated level.
( j) Where an additional FIRE RECALL switch is
provided, both FIRE RECALL switches shall be in the
ON position to recall the elevator to the designated level
if the elevator was recalled to the alternate level (see
2.27.3.2.4).
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(k) To remove the elevator(s) from Phase I Emergency
Recall Operation, the FIRE RECALL switch shall be
rotated first to the RESET, and then to the OFF posi-
tion, provided that
(1) the additional two-position FIRE RECALL
switch, where provided, is in the OFF position; and
(2) no fire alarm initiating device is activated (see
2.27.3.2).
(l) Means used to remove elevators from normal oper-
ation, other than as specified in this Code, shall not pre-
vent Phase I Emergency Recall Operation.
(m) No device, which measures load, shall prevent
operation of the elevator at or below the capacity and load-
ing required in 2.16.
2.27.3.2 Phase I Emergency Recall Operation by
Fire Alarm Initiating Devices
2.27.3.2.1 In jurisdictions not enforcing the NBCC,
fire alarm initiating devices shall be installed in confor-
mance with the requirements of NFPA 72, and shall be
located
(a) at each floor served by the elevator;
(b) in the associated elevator machine room; and
(c) in the elevator hoistway, when required.
2.27.3.2.2 In jurisdictions enforcing the NBCC,
automatic Emergency Recall Operation shall be permitted
when the following devices, complying with the require-
ments in the NBCC, initiate the operation:
(a) smoke detectors installed in each elevator lobby, or
the building fire alarm system;
(b) smoke detectors installed in the elevator lobby at
the designated level, if that floor area is not sprinklered
throughout; and
(c) smoke detectors installed in the machine room if
the machine room is sprinklered.
2.27.3.2.3 Phase I Emergency Recall Operation to
the designated level shall conform to the following:
(a) The activation of a fire alarm initiating device spec-
ified in 2.27.3.2.1 or 2.27.3.2.2(a) at any floor, other than
at the designated level, shall cause all elevators that serve
that floor, and any associated elevator of a group auto-
matic operation, to be returned nonstop to the designated
level.
(b) The activation of a fire alarm initiating device
specified in 2.27.3.2.1(b) or 2.27.3.2.2(c) shall cause all
elevators having any equipment located in that machine
room, and any associated elevators of a group automatic
operation, to be returned nonstop to the designated level.
If the machine room is located at the designated level,
the elevator(s) shall be returned nonstop to the alternate
level.
(c) The activation of a fire alarm initiating device
specified in 2.27.3.2.1(c) shall cause all elevators having
any equipment in that hoistway, and any associated ele-
vators of a group automatic operation, to be returned
non-stop to the designated level, except that initiating
device(s) installed at or below the lowest landing of
recall shall cause the car to be sent to the upper recall
level.
(d) The Phase I Emergency Recall Operation to the
designated level shall conform to 2.27.3.1.6(a) through
(m).
2.27.3.2.4 Phase I Emergency Recall Operation to
an alternate level (see 1.3) shall conform to the following:
(a) the activation of a fire alarm initiating device spec-
ified in 2.27.3.2.1(a) or 2.27.3.2.2(a) that is located at the
designated level, shall cause all elevators serving that level
to be recalled to an alternate level, unless a FIRE
RECALL switch is already in the ON position;
(b) the requirements of 2.27.3.1.6(f), (j), and (m);
(c) the requirements of 2.27.3.1.6(a), (b), (c), (d), (e),
(g), (h), (i), (k), and (l), except that all references to the
designated level shall be replaced with alternate
level.
2.27.3.2.5 The recall level shall be determined by
the first activated fire alarm initiating device for that group
[see 2.27.3.2.1 or 2.27.3.2.2, see also 2.27.3.1.6(j)].
2.27.3.2.6 When activated, a fire alarm initiating
device in the machine room shall cause the visual signal
[see 2.27.3.1.6(h) and Fig. 2.27.3.1.6(h)] to illuminate
intermittently only in car(s) with equipment in that
machine room. When activated, a fire alarm initiating
device in the hoistway shall cause the visual signal
[see 2.27.3.1.6(h) and Fig. 2.27.3.1.6(h)] to illuminate
intermittently only in car(s) with equipment in that hoist-
way.
SECTION 8.6
MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND
REPLACEMENT
Requirement 8.6 applies to maintenance, repairs, and
replacements.
NOTE: See 8.7 for alteration requirements.
8.6.4 Maintenance of Electric Elevators
The maintenance of electric elevators shall conform to
8.6.1 through 8.6.4.
8.6.4.2 Governor Wire Ropes
8.6.4.2.1 The ropes shall be kept clean.
8.6.4.2.2 Governor wire ropes shall not be lubricated
after installation. If lubricants have been applied to gov-
ernor ropes, they shall be replaced, or the lubricant
removed, and the governor and safety shall be tested as
specified in 8.11.2.3.2(b) and 8.11.2.2.2.
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SECTION 8.11
PERIODIC INSPECTIONS AND TESTS
Requirement 8.11 covers periodic inspections and tests
of existing installations.
NOTE (8.11): Compliance with certain requirements is verifiable through
review of design documents, engineering, or type tests.
8.11.2 Periodic Inspection and Tests of
Electric Elevators
All references to Items are to Items in ASME A17.2.1,
Inspectors Manual for Electric Elevators.
8.11.2.2 Periodic Test Requirements Category
One
NOTE (8.11.2.2): For test frequency, see 8.11.1.3.
8.11.2.2.1 Oil Buffers. Car and counterweight
buffers shall be tested to determine conformance with the
applicable plunger return requirements (Item 5.3.2).
8.11.2.2.2 Safeties
(a) Examinations. All working parts of car and coun-
terweight safeties shall be examined to determine that they
are in satisfactory operating condition and that they con-
form to the applicable requirements and 8.7.2.14 through
8.7.2.28 (see 2.17.10 and 2.17.11; Division 112). Check
the level of the oil in the oil buffer and the operation of the
buffer compression-switch on Type C safeties.
(b) Tests. Safeties shall be subjected to the following
tests with no load in the car.
(1) Type A, B, or C governor-operated safeties shall
be operated by tripping the governor by hand with the car
operating at the slowest operating speed in the down direc-
tion.
In this test, the safety shall bring the car to rest
promptly.
In the case of Type B safeties, the stopping distance
is not required to conform to 2.17.3.
In the case of Type C safeties, the oil buffer may or
may not compress its full stroke.
In the case of Type A, B, or C safeties employing
rollers or dogs for application of the safety, the rollers or
dogs are not required to operate their full travel [Item
2.29.2(c)].
(2) Governor-operated wood guide-rail safeties shall
be tested by tripping the governor by hand with the car at
rest and moving the car in the down direction until it is
brought to rest by the safety and the hoisting ropes slip on
traction sheaves or become slack on winding drum
sheaves [Item 2.29.2(d)].
(3) Type A and wood guide-rail safeties without
governors which are operated as a result of the breaking or
slackening of the hoisting ropes shall be tested by obtain-
ing the necessary slack rope to cause it to function [Item
2.29.2(d)].
 8.11.2.2.3 Governors. Governors shall be operated
manually to determine that all parts, including those which
impart the governor pull-through tension to the governor
rope, operate freely [Item 2.28.2(a)].
8.11.2.2.4 Slack-Rope Devices on Winding Drum
Machines. Slack-rope devices on winding drum
machines shall be operated manually and tested to deter-
mine conformance with the applicable requirements (Item
2.18).
8.11.2.2.5 Normal and Final Terminal Stopping
Devices. Normal and final terminal stopping devices shall
be inspected and tested to determine conformance with the
applicable requirements (2.25) (Items 3.8.2 and 3.7.2).
8.11.2.2.6 Firefighters Emergency Operation.
Firefightersemergency operation shall be tested to deter-
mine conformance with the applicable requirements
(Division 6).
8.11.2.2.7 Standby or Emergency Power Opera-
tion. Operation of elevators equipped with standby or
emergency power shall be tested to determine confor-
mance with the applicable requirements (Item 1.17.2).
Tests shall be performed with no load in the car.
8.11.2.2.8 Power Operation of Door System. The
closing forces of power operated hoistway door systems
shall be tested to determine conformance with the appli-
cable requirements (Item 1.8.2).
8.11.2.2.9 Broken Rope, Tape, or Chain Switch.
Where a rope, tape, or chain is used to connect the motion
of the car to the machine room normal limit, the switch
that senses failure of this connection shall be tested for
compliance with 2.26.2.6 (Item 3.9.2).
8.11.2.3 Periodic Test Requirements Category
Five
NOTE (8.11.2.3): For test frequency, see 8.11.1.3.
8.11.2.3.1 Car and Counterweight Safeties.
Types A, B, and C car safeties, except those operating on
wood guide rails, and their governors, shall be tested with
rated load in the car. Counterweight safety tests shall be
made with no load in the car. Tests shall be made by trip-
ping the governor by hand at the rated speed. The fol-
lowing operational conditions shall be checked [Item
2.28.2(b)]:
(a) Type B safeties shall stop the car with the rated load
within the required range of stopping distances for which
the governor is tripped [Item 2.29.2(e)].
(b) For Type A safeties and Type A safety parts of Type
C safeties, there shall be sufficient travel of the safety
rollers or dogs remaining after the test to bring the car and
its rated load to rest on safety application at governor trip-
ping speed.
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A metal tag shall be attached to the safety-releasing car-
rier in a permanent manner, giving the date of the safety
test, together with the name of the person or firm who per-
formed the test.
8.11.2.3.2 Governors
(a) The tripping speed of the governor and the speed at
which the governor overspeed switch, where provided,
operates shall be tested to determine conformance with the
applicable requirements and the adjustable means shall be
sealed [Item 2.28.2(b)].
(b) The governor rope pull-through and pull-out forces
shall be tested to determine conformance with the appli-
cable requirements, and the adjustment means shall be
sealed [Item 2.28.2(b)].
8.11.2.3.3 Oil Buffers
(a) Car oil buffers shall be tested to determine confor-
mance with the applicable requirements by running the car
with its rated load onto the buffer at rated speed, except as
specified in 8.11.2.3.3(b) and (c) [Item 5.3.2(b)(1)]. Coun-
terweight oil buffers shall be tested by running the coun-
terweight onto its buffer at rated speed with no load in the
car, except as specified in 8.11.2.3.3(b) and (c) [Item
5.3.2(b)(2)].
(b) For reduced stroke buffers, this test shall be made
at the reduced striking speed permitted [Item
5.3.2(b)(1)(b)].
(c) This test is not required where a Type C safety is
used (see 8.11.2.3.1).
(d) In making these tests, the normal and emergency
terminal stopping devices shall be made temporarily inop-
erative. The final terminal stopping devices shall remain
operative and be temporarily relocated, if necessary, to
permit full compression of the buffer during the test.
(e) After completion of the test, a metal tag, indicating
the date of the test, together with the name of the person or
firm who performed the test, shall be attached to the buffer
[Item 5.3.2(b)].
8.11.2.3.4 Braking System. For passenger elevators
and all freight elevators, the brake shall be tested for com-
pliance with applicable requirements. Place the load as
shown in Table 8.11.2.3.4 in the car and run it to the low-
est landing by normal operating means. The driving
machine shall safely lower, stop, and hold the car with this
load. Freight elevators of class C-2 loading shall sustain
and level the elevator car.
8.11.2.3.5 Emergency and Standby Power Oper-
ation. Operation of elevators equipped with emergency or
standby power shall be inspected and tested for confor-
mance with the applicable requirements (Item 1.17.2).
Passenger elevators and freight elevators permitted to
carry passengers (see 2.16.4) shall be tested with 125% of
rated load [see 2.16.8(f)].
 8.11.2.3.6 Emergency Terminal Stopping and
Speed Limiting Devices. Emergency terminal speed lim-
iting devices, where provided, shall be tested for confor-
mance with applicable requirements (2.25.4) [Item
5.3.2(b)].
For static control elevators, emergency terminal stop-
ping devices, when provided, shall be tested for confor-
mance with applicable requirements (2.25.4) [Item
2.26.2(b)].
8.11.2.3.7 Power Opening of Doors. Determine
that power opening of car and hoistway doors only occurs
when the car is at rest at the landing, or in the landing zone,
except, in the case of static control, check that power shall
not be applied until the car is within 300 mm (12 in.) of the
landing (Item 1.10.2).
8.11.2.3.8 Leveling Zone and Leveling Speed.
Check that the leveling zone does not exceed the maxi-
mum allowable distance. Check that the leveling speed
does not exceed 0.75 m/s (150 ft/min). For static control
elevators, the person or firm installing or maintaining the
equipment shall provide a written checkout procedure and
demonstrate that the leveling speed with the doors open is
limited to a maximum of 0.75 m/s (150 ft/min) and that
the speed limiting (or speed monitor) means is independ-
ent of the normal means of controlling this speed [Item
1.10.2(b)].
8.11.2.3.9 Inner Landing Zone. For static control
elevators, check that the zone in which the car can move
with the doors open is not more than 75 mm (3 in.) above
or below the landing [Item 1.10.2(c)].
8.11.2.3.10 Emergency Stopping Distance. Coun-
terweight traction elevators shall be tested for traction
drive limits to ensure that
(a) During an emergency stop initiated by any of the
electrical protective device(s) listed in 2.26.2 (except
2.26.2.13), (except buffer switches for oil buffers used
with Type C car safeties) at the rated speed in the down
direction, with passenger elevators and freight elevators
permitted to carry passengers carrying 125% of their rated
load, or with freight elevators carrying their rated load,
cars shall stop and safely hold the load; and
(b) if either the car or the counterweight bottoms on its
buffers or becomes otherwise immovable:
(1) the ropes shall slip in the drive sheave and not
allow the car or counterweight to be raised; or
(2) the driving system shall stall and not allow the
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 TABLE N1 RECOMMENDED INSPECTION AND TEST INTERVALS IN MONTHS
Periodic Tests

Reference Periodic Inspections Category One Category Three Category Five

Section Equipment Type Requirement Interval Requirement Interval Requirement Interval Requirement Interval

8.11.2 Electric elevators 8.11.2.1 6 8.11.2.2 12 N/A N/A 8.11.2.3 60

8.11.3 Hydraulic elevators 8.11.3.1 6 8.11.3.2 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.3.4 60
8.11.4 Escalators and moving walks 8.11.4.1 6 8.11.4.2 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
8.11.5.1 Sidewalk elevators 8.11.2.1, 6 8.11.2.2, 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.2.3, 60
8.11.3.1 8.11.3.2 8.11.3.4
8.11.5.2 Private residence elevators 8.11.2.1, 12 8.11.2.2, 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.2.3, 60
8.11.3.1 8.11.3.2 8.11.3.4
8.11.5.3 Hand elevators 8.11.2.1 6 8.11.2.2 12 N/A N/A 8.11.2.3, 60
8.11.3.4
8.11.5.4 Dumbwaiters 8.11.2.1, 12 8.11.2.2, 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.2.3, 60
8.11.3.1 8.11.3.2 8.11.3.4
8.11.5.5 Material lifts and dumbwaiters 8.11.2.1, 12 8.11.2.2, 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.2.3, 60

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with automatic transfer devices 8.11.3.1 8.11.3.2 8.11.3.4

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8.11.5.6 Special purpose personnel 8.11.2.1, 6 8.11.2.2, 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.2.3, 60
elevators 8.11.3.1 8.11.3.2 8.11.3.4
8.11.5.7 Inclined elevators 8.11.2.1, 6 8.11.2.2, 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.2.3, 60
8.11.3.1 8.11.3.2 8.11.3.4
8.11.5.8 Shipboard elevators 8.11.2.1, 6 8.11.2.2, 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.2.3, 60
8.11.3.1 8.11.3.2 8.11.3.4
8.11.5.9 Screw-column elevators 8.11.2.1, 6 8.11.2.2, 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.2.3, 60
8.11.3.1 8.11.3.2 8.11.3.4
8.11.5.10 Rooftop elevators 8.11.2.1, 6 8.11.2.2, 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.2.3, 60
8.11.3.1 8.11.3.2 8.11.3.4
8.11.5.12 Limited-use/limited-application 8.11.2.1, 6 8.11.2.2, 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.2.3, 60
elevators 8.11.3.1 8.11.3.2 8.11.3.4
8.11.5.13 Elevators used for construction 8.11.2.1, 3 8.11.2.2, 12 8.11.3.3 36 8.11.2.3, 60
8.11.3.1 8.11.3.2 8.11.3.4

GENERAL NOTE: The intervals specified in this Table are recommended for periodic tests and inspections. Factors such as the environment, frequency and type of
usage, quality of maintenance, etc., related to the equipment should be taken into account by the authority having jurisdiction prior to establishing the inspection
and test intervals.

ASME A17.1 APPENDIX N

Table N1 Recommended Inspection and Test Intervals in Months
 APPENDIX B speed should not exceed 125% of the rated speed or the
governor tripping speed.
ASME A17.2 CODE
1.17.2.2 Hydraulic Elevators
The following material is reprinted with permission from the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
(a) Yearly Test (for A17.1d2000 and Earlier Editions);
Category 1 Test (for A17.12000 and Later Editions).
Have the elevator(s) taken out of normal service and
ITEM 1.17 placed at the floor where the standby power switch is
STANDBY POWER OPERATION located. Have the system transferred to standby power and
1.17.2 Periodic Test operate the elevator(s) with no load in the car. Check the
switch that overrides automatic sequence operation, if pro-
1.17.2.1 Electric Elevators vided. Make several trips and stops checking for proper
(a) Yearly Test (for A17.1d2000 and Earlier Editions); operation. If more than one elevator is operated simulta-
Category 1 Test (for A17.12000 and Later Editions). neously from the same power supply, test the simultane-
Have the elevator(s) taken out of normal service and ous operation.
placed at the floor where the standby power switch is (b) 5-Year Test, Only One Elevator on Standby Power
located. Have the system transferred to standby power and Supply (for A17.1d2000 and Earlier Editions); Category
operate the elevator(s) with no load in the car. Check the 5 Test, Only One Elevator on Standby Power Supply (for
switch that overrides automatic sequence operation, if pro- A17.12000 and Later Editions). Have the elevator placed
vided. Make several trips and stops checking for proper on standby power as outlined in Item 1.17.2(a). Place the
operation. From the machine room use a tachometer to rated load on the elevator and operate the elevator observ-
verify that the elevator is running at normal speed espe- ing for safe operation.
cially in the up direction (speed must not exceed 125% of (c) 5-Year Test, More Than One Elevator Operating
rated speed). If a separate power absorption means such as Simultaneously on Standby Power Supply (for
a resistor bank is used to absorb regenerative power, it A17.1d2000 and Earlier Editions); Category 5 Test,
must be connected on the load side of the elevator discon- More Than One Elevator Operating Simultaneously on
nect switch. If more than one elevator is operated from the Standby Power Supply (for A17.12000 and Later Edi-
same power source simultaneously, test the simultaneous tions). Have the elevators placed on standby power sup-
operation. ply operation and loaded with the rated load and operate
(b) 5-Year Test, Only One Elevator on Standby Power all of the elevators simultaneously observing that they
Supply (for A17.1d2000 and Earlier Editions); Category operate normally.
5 Test, Only One Elevator on Standby Power Supply (for
A17.12000 and Later Editions). Have the elevator placed
on standby power as outlined in Item 1.17.2(a). Place the
rated load on the elevator (125% rated load for passenger
elevators and freight elevators that are permitted to carry
passengers) and operate the elevator observing for safe
operation. Use a tachometer in the machine room to ver-
ify that the overhauling load does not cause a speed
increase in excess of 125% of rated speed or the gover-
nor tripping speed.
(c) 5-Year Test, More Than One Elevator Operating
Simultaneously on Standby Power Supply (for
A17.1d2000 and Earlier Editions); Category 5 Test,
More Than One Elevator Operating Simultaneously on
Standby Power Supply (for A17.12000 and Later Edi-
tions). Have the elevators placed on standby power sup-
ply operation and loaded with the rated load (125% rated
load for passenger elevators and freight elevators that are
permitted to carry passengers) and operate all of the ele-
vators simultaneously observing that they operate nor-
mally and will safely lower, stop, and hold. Use a
tachometer to check the speed of each elevator when oper-
ating simultaneously in the down direction. Verify that
each elevator stops at or near the terminal landing and
before the final terminal stopping device is operated. The

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 TABLE 2.29.2(b) MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TABLE 2.29.2(c) GRADUAL WEDGE CLAMP
STOPPING DISTANCES FOR TYPE B CAR SAFETY
SAFETIES WITH RATED LOAD, AND TYPE B Maximum
COUNTERWEIGHT SAFETIES WITH NO LOAD Stopping
IN THE CAR Distance Minimum Stopping Distance

Stopping Distances Governor Car + Rated Car + Rated

Tripping Load or for Load or for
Rated Speed, Minimum, Maximum, Speed, Counterweight, Car + 150 lb, Counterweight,
ft/min ft-in. ft-in. ft/min ft-in. ft-in. ft-in.
0 to 125 0-1 1-0 175 6-2 1-5 1-11
150 0-1 1-1 200 6-3 1-5 2-0
175 0-2 1-3 300 6-11 1-6 2-4
200 0-2 1-4 400 7-10 1-8 2-7
225 0-3 1-6 500 8-10 1-11 2-11
250 0-3 1-7 600 9-11 2-1 3-4
300 0-5 1-11 700 11-1 2-4 3-10
350 0-7 2-4 800 12-4 2-7 4-6
400 0-9 2-10 900 13-6 3-0 5-4
450 0-11 3-4 1,000 14-8 3-6 6-1
500 1-1 3-11 1,100 16-0 4-0 7-0
600 1-7 5-3 1,200 17-4 4-7 8-0
700 2-2 6-10 1,300 18-6 5-1 9-0
800 2-9 8-9 1,400 19-8 5-8 10-1
900 3-6 10-10 1,500 21-1 6-2 11-1
1,000 4-4 13-2
1,100 5-2 15-9 GENERAL NOTES:
1,200 6-2 18-7 (a) For elevators installed prior to A17.11955.
1,300 7-3 21-8 (b) 1 ft /min = 5.08 E 03 m/s
1,400 8-5 25-0 (c) 1 in. = 25.4 mm
1,500 9-8 28-7
1,600 11-0 32-5
1,700 12-5 36-5
1,800 13-11 40-9

GENERAL NOTES:
(a) This table is for rated load, rated speed test only. Use Table 2.17.3
in the Code for rated load, overspeed test only.
(b) Use Table 2.17.3 of the A17.1 Code when performing acceptance
tests.
(c) 1 ft /min = 5.08 E m/s
(d) 1 in. = 25.4 mm

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 APPENDIX C
NEC
Reprinted with permission from NFPA 70-1999, The National Electrical
Code , Copyright 1998, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy,
MA 02269. This reprinted material is not the complete and official posi-
tion of the National Fire Protection Association, on the referenced sub-
ject which is represented only by the standard in its entirety.

ARTICLE 620
ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS,
ESCALATORS, MOVING WALKS,
WHEELCHAIR LIFTS, AND
STAIRWAY CHAIR LIFTS
E. Traveling Cables
620-41. Suspension of Traveling Cables. Traveling
cables shall be suspended at the car and hoistways ends,
or counterweight end where applicable, so as to reduce the
strain on the individual copper conductors to a minimum.
Traveling cables shall be supported by one of the fol-
lowing means:
(1) By its steel supporting member(s)
(2) By looping the cables around supports for unsup-
ported lengths less than 100 ft (30.5 m)
(3) By suspending from the supports by a means that auto-
matically tightens around the cable when tension is
increased for unsupported lengths up to 200 ft (61 m)
FPN: Unsupported length for the hoistway suspension means is
that length of cable as measured from the point of suspension in
the hoistway to the bottom of the loop, with the elevator car
located at the bottom landing. Unsupported length for the car sus-
pension means is that length of cable as measured from the point
of suspension on the car to the bottom of the loop, with the ele-
vator car located at the top landing.

620-43. Location of and Protection for Cables. Travel-

ing cable supports shall be located so as to reduce to a
minimum the possibility of damage due to the cables com-
ing in contact with the hoistway construction or equip-
ment in the hoistway. Where necessary, suitable guards
shall be provided to protect the cables against damage.

J. Grounding
620-85. Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection
for Personnel. Each 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-
ampere receptacle installed in pits, on elevator car tops,
and in escalator and moving walk wellways shall be of the
ground-fault circuit-interrupter type.
All 125-volt, single phase, 15- and 20-ampere recepta-
cles installed in machine rooms and machinery spaces
shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for
personnel.
A single receptacle supplying a permanently installed
sump pump shall not require ground-fault circuit-inter-
rupter protection.

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