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Watched a new guy try to adjust a governor with the car in the hoistway
He had the safety circuit jumped and didn't even have the governor rope tensioned right. Saw the flyweights just flapping loose from the inspection panel. Anyone know a good way to explain the sequence for a proper governor test to an apprentice?
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uma_ellis7mo ago
Man, that visual of loose flyweights is giving me flashbacks to my own dumb rookie move. Totally agree with seanjackson, rope tension is step one, no debate. I once tried to set the overspeed with a slack rope and the switch wouldn't trip, just made a sad clicking noise. Had to redo the whole test and my lead guy just shook his head for a week.
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seanjackson7mo ago
Start with the rope tension, then check the flyweights before you even think about jumping the safety.
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robert_jenkins827mo ago
Alright, but @seanjackson, what's the actual best way to check that rope tension? Just a hand pull feels too loose, but cranking it down seems wrong too. I've seen guys use a spring scale and others just go by the manual's deflection spec. My old foreman would swear by the "two-finger" method, which always seemed like a guess. Getting that first step wrong throws off everything after the flyweights.
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