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IMG - 0083 PSME Code 2008 74

This document outlines requirements for elevator pits. Key points include: - Pits must be provided for every elevator and be designed and constructed to specific standards. They must have level floors, drainage cannot connect directly to sewers, and steel plate waterproofing is required. - Access to pits must be through the lowest hoistway door or a separate pit access door. A fixed vertical ladder or handgrips are required if the pit extends more than 914 mm below the access door. - Pits must be illuminated with at least 54 lux of permanent lighting. A light switch accessible from the pit access door is also required. - A stop switch installed in each elevator pit for use in an

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IMG - 0083 PSME Code 2008 74

This document outlines requirements for elevator pits. Key points include: - Pits must be provided for every elevator and be designed and constructed to specific standards. They must have level floors, drainage cannot connect directly to sewers, and steel plate waterproofing is required. - Access to pits must be through the lowest hoistway door or a separate pit access door. A fixed vertical ladder or handgrips are required if the pit extends more than 914 mm below the access door. - Pits must be illuminated with at least 54 lux of permanent lighting. A light switch accessible from the pit access door is also required. - A stop switch installed in each elevator pit for use in an

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CHAPTER 6.

ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS


that portion, if any of the (see Sec. 6.3.6.3) shall conform to
machine-room floor supported Section 6.3.1.1.
thereon.
2. The floor of the pit shail be
(b) Two times the sum of the approximately level.
tensions in all wire ropes
supported by the beams with 3. Drains connected directly to sewers
rated load in the car. shall not be installed in elevator pits.

2. Foundations, Beams, and Floors 4. Elevator pits shall be water-proofed


for Machinery and Sheaves Not with at least 3/16" steel plate on all
Located Directly Over the sides at a height of not less than
Hoistway. The supports for 1.20 meters including the pit floor.
machines and sheaves located
below or at the sides of the hoistway Exception: Sumps with or without
shall have the following pumps may be installed.
requirements:
c. Access toPits. Safe and convenient
(a) The foundation shail support the access shall be provided to all pits, and shall
total weight of the machine, conform to the following:
sheaves, and other equipment,
and the floor if ahy. 1. Access shall be by means of the
lowest hoistway door or by means
(b) The sheave beams and the of a separate pit access door.
foundation bolts shall withstand
two times the vertical 2. There shall be installed in the pit of
component of the tension in all each elevator where the pit extends
suspension ropes on the more than 914 mm below the sill of
foundation or beams less the the pit access door, a fixed vertical
weight of the machine or ladder of non-combustible material,
sheaves. located within reach of the access
door. The ladder shall extend not
(c) less than 1067 mm above the sill of
ffi?.:ffif",,:"ffi #lii,il; the access door, or handgrips shall
two times the horizontal be provided to the same height.
component, if any, of the
tension in all suspension ropes 3. Pits shall be accessible only to
passing over sheaves or drums authorized persons.
on the foundation or beams.
(d) The foundation shall withstand Where a separate pit access door is
two times the over-turning provided, it shall be self-closing and
moment, if any, developed by provided with a springtype lock
the tensions in allthe arranged to permit the door to be
suspension ropes passing over opened from inside the pit without a
sheaves or drums on the key. Such doors shall be kept
foundations or beams. locked.

5.5 Pits. lllumination of Pits. A permanent lighting


fixture shall be provided in all pits, irnU,
Where Required- A pit shall be provided for shall provide an illumination of not less than
every elevator, 54 lux at the pit floor. A light switch shail be
provided and shall be so located as to be
Design and Gonstruction of Pits. accessible from the pit access door.

1. The construction of the pit walls, the e. Stop Switch in Pits. There shall be
pit floor, and any pit access doors installed in the pit of eaeh elevator an

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