Vent: My uncle told me to always check the governor rope tension first, and he was dead right

He was an old timer who retired about five years ago. On a job in a downtown office building last week, the car kept tripping the overspeed switch. I was about to start pulling the entire governor assembly, but I remembered what he said. I checked the tension on the rope with a gauge, and it was way under spec. Tightened it up, and the problem was gone. Saved me at least three hours of unnecessary work. Anyone else have a simple piece of advice that saved their butt recently?

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kelly.charlie20d agoMost Upvoted

Check the simple stuff first... always.

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phoenixw1119d ago

Start with the simple stuff but know when to cut your losses.

jamie94020d ago

Disagree on that one honestly. Sometimes the simple stuff is a huge time sink when the real problem is deeper. You can waste hours checking cables when the server itself is down.