Warning: Tried the zip tie trick on a door hanger cable and it actually fixed my call back issue

I had an elevator at a 12 story apartment building in Dayton that kept getting intermittent call backs for door reopening. After tracing it for two days, I realized the hanger cable was flapping just enough to hit the door lock bracket on fast runs. I zip tied the hanger cable to the nearest structural bracket about 3 inches back, and it's been smooth for 3 weeks now. Has anybody else tried something simple like that to stop phantom call backs without replacing the whole cable?

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elliot_patel1mo ago

Did your zip tie hold up to the vibration? My buddy had a similar issue on a old Otis in a Cincinnati hospital. He used a couple of those heavy duty black zip ties to secure a loose harness away from a door lock linkage and it stopped the phantom callbacks for six months before they finally replaced the cable. That trick definitely saved him a lot of headache.

ellis.susan1mo ago

Stick with the heavy duty blacks and you'll be fine. Those cheap white ones get brittle after a few months.

the_linda1mo ago

Oh yeah, those heavy duty black ones hold up way better than the cheap white ones lol.