RE: Home Elevator
October 24, 2019 at 8:05 am
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2019 at 8:08 am by Gwaithmir.)
(October 23, 2019 at 1:47 pm)Fireball Wrote: Is that the fail safe method? Air is inlet below the compartment as it rises, but bleeds off slowly for descent?
Exactly. Turbines atop the elevator tube create a vacuum to draw the cab upward. A regulator valve then allows air back in to allow the cab to descend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ullKA0eUoo
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