4 elevator machine rooms or enclosed areas shall be kept free of all materials except those used for repair or maintenance of the elevator.
Elevator machine room requirements california.
Anyone using the room should have enough room to remove replace inspect and maintain elevator equipment.
Section 3009 special requirements for elevators in hospitals.
However in california the elevator shunt trip breaker must be installed outside the elevator machine room emr.
Indicates where standby power is connected to elevators the machine room ventilation or air conditioning shall be connected to the standby power source.
As of now national codes standard and elevator codes do not indicate specific locations for the elevator shunt trip breaker.
Rack and pinion elevators section 3133 article 34.
The room environment is also subject to regulations.
The thought behind this is once the circuit is shunted sprinkler activation can drip water over the breaker and return power to the elevator.
The elevator machine room elevator machinery space.
Inclined elevators section 3134 article 35.
Passage to enclosed equipment installed within the elevator machine room to provide the ventilation required by section 3011 f 2 a.
Elevator machine rooms and machinery spaces shall be enclosed with fire barriers constructed in accordance with section 707 or horizontal assemblies constructed in accordance with section 712 or both the fire resistance rating shall not be less than the required rating of the hoistway enclosure served by the machinery.
The room is adjacent to the shaft.
Seismic requirements for elevators escalators and moving walks section 3137 article 38.
Screw column elevators section 3135 article 36.
Control room must be of adequate size to provide clearances around and between equipment as required by code.
2 27 3 1 5 all fire recall switches shall be pro vided with an illuminated visual signal to indicate when phase i emergency recall operation is in effect.
For example in california the ventilation system must keep the temperature below 104 degrees fahrenheit at all times.
Working out of 2009 ibc section 3006 4 requires the room to be a.
Provide a fused disconnect switch for each elevator in the control room located in a position based on local code and within sight of elevator equipment and arranged to be locked in the off position.
Machine rooms shall be kept reasonably clean.
Department shall be provided with the means to manually initiate a phase i emergency recall of the occupant evacuation elevators in accordance with california code of regulations title 8 division 1.
Openings in the fire barriers shall be protected with assemblies having a.
By the elevator or in the hoistway or in an elevator machine room or a control space or a control room see 2 27 3 2 shall initiate phase i emergency recall operation.
The elevator is not part of the moe except for accessibility.
3 air conditioning load in the elevator room is required to be on the generator set ibc section 3003 1 4 venting.
