Hit my 1000th elevator door adjustment last month and still can't believe how often those damn sensors drift.

Number 1000 was at a 14-story building in downtown Phoenix where the door was stopping three inches short every single time, and I fixed it in 11 minutes flat with a laser alignment tool, but what really got me was realizing I've spent over 200 hours of my life just tweaking door closers and thresholds since I started - anyone else kept a tally on specific repairs and had a number really hit home?

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phoenix_singh255d ago

Man, 200 hours is wild but it makes sense since those sensors never just work right the first time.

alice9285d ago

Kind of interesting nobody's mentioned the power draw yet.

zara_sanchez5d ago

Never just work right the first time" - man that's the TRUTH. I swear these sensors are designed by the same people who make self-checkout machines at grocery stores, like they know it's gonna mess up but they ship it anyway. I actually started keeping a tally a few years ago and the number that hit me hardest was realizing I've replaced the SAME model of door closer on six different buildings in one month, and every time I thought "maybe THIS time it'll hold". At this rate I'm gonna have a permanent stoop from bending over to adjust thresholds, and I'll probably start seeing laser dots in my sleep.