Appendix E Semiannual Inspections Checklist

APPENDIX E

SEMI-ANNUAL AND ANNUAL INSPECTIONS CHECKLIST

1. Cleaning, washing with suitable products, and lubricating the guide tracks for the car and landing doors, ensuring they slide freely;
2. Cleaning of car door sills;
3. Simulation with verification of the system's main functions; 4. Verification of the insulation level of the electrical windings; 5. Inspection of electrical collectors;
6. Verification of electric current conversion circuits; 7. Verification of the effectiveness of earth connections; 8. Verification of the system's operating speed and its variation; 9. Visual inspection and check of the cables along their route; 10. Bases and masonry works;
11. Verification of diagrams, signs, and accident-prevention devices; 12. Cleaning of the car roof, the pit, and the machine room; 13. Any other semi-annual check;
14. Checking the lubrication and greasing levels of the gears and bearings; 15. Verification of the functionality of the electrical panel contactors and the wear status of the contacts;
16. Control of indicator lights in the car and at the landings; 17. Checking the operation of standard and emergency lighting in cabins and machinery spaces; 18. The two-way communication system between the cabin and the call center; 19. Verification of alarm systems;
20. Verification of the operation of the car and landing buttons and button panels; 21. Verification of the adequacy of the leveling with the floor level; 22. Monitoring of the relays required for connection to the centralized control and safety system; 23. Inspection of the telephone dialers located in the systems' passenger cabins; 24. Compliance with the installed devices and the supplied equipment with accident-prevention regulations;
25. The complete integrity of all mechanical components in the machine room and the lift shaft; 26. Inspection of all hydraulic and electromechanical devices connected to the car and its moving structures, such as doors, contacts, and photoelectric cells; 27. Control of door opening and closing speeds;
28. Check the following components of the control panels: magnetothermal motor protector, the magnetothermal and differential switchers, the alarm circuit power supply with backup battery, any type of relay, the contactors, the up/down (S/D) reversing contactor unit, the single-phase and/or three-phase transformer and its connections, the automatic control or light valve, the time delay unit, the current rectifier, the electric control selector, the motorwinch-brake unit, the return pulleys, the winch speed regulator, the worm gear-wheel unit.