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.
Rack and pinion elevators section 3133 article 34.
Section 3009 special requirements for elevators in hospitals.
Anyone using the room should have enough room to remove replace inspect and maintain elevator equipment.
The room environment is also subject to regulations.
3 air conditioning load in the elevator room is required to be on the generator set ibc section 3003 1 4 venting.
Seismic requirements for elevators escalators and moving walks section 3137 article 38.
Inclined elevators section 3134 article 35.
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.
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.
However in california the elevator shunt trip breaker must be installed outside the elevator machine room emr.
It is a two story b occupancy type v i think.
Special access lifts section 3136 article 37.
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.
Working out of 2009 ibc section 3006 4 requires the room to be a.
Indicates where standby power is connected to elevators the machine room ventilation or air conditioning shall be connected to the standby power source.
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.
As of now national codes standard and elevator codes do not indicate specific locations for the elevator shunt trip breaker.
The elevator is not part of the moe except for accessibility.
The room is adjacent to the shaft.
For example in california the ventilation system must keep the temperature below 104 degrees fahrenheit at all times.
Control room must be of adequate size to provide clearances around and between equipment as required by code.
Openings in the fire barriers shall be protected with assemblies having a.
Machine rooms shall be kept reasonably clean.
I have an elevator machine room that is not rated as a one hour fire barrier.
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.
Passage to enclosed equipment installed within the elevator machine room to provide the ventilation required by section 3011 f 2 a.