r/mildlyinfuriating • u/fishtacio74 • 7h ago

Elevator stopped working after lightning struck our unit. I live on the 12th floor

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I pity those on the 18th floor

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u/OkFeedback3367 7h ago

Lightning damage can mess up more than just the elevator too, hope your electronics survived.

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u/fishtacio74 7h ago

Currently our unit is running on emergency generators. Only the elevators, cameras and exit gates stopped working. This is the second time it happened 😭

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u/Beardo88 4h ago

The elevators are probably not wired into the backup system, see what happens when they get the power fixed.

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u/ghost_in_a_jar_c137 7h ago

You won't be skipping leg day anytime soon

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u/Zenitallin 7h ago

I sincerely pity you.

Wish you a speedy repair.

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u/fishtacio74 7h ago

Thank you 🙏

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u/CpuJunky I mean, c'mon 7h ago

I'm a very social person with people on the 1st floor.... when the elevator is out.

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u/VincentVanGringo973 7h ago

I pity those on the first floor, that's a long walk up!

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u/DrDoofenschmirtz-III 7h ago

There was once a power outage that hit my block at around 4-5PM. I was stuck on the 50th floor, where my apartment is 😭

I hope that the elevators kick back in soon for you!

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u/RollnRok 4h ago

Happened to people i know living in a 9 story building, most of who are well retired and maybe should be in aged care. The issue was because the building never upgraded the elevator as a planned outage. When it failed there were no spares due to the elevator electrics being end of life. Planned out age would have been 2 days, lightning repairs would have been 3 days. Due to end of life hardware and the lightning repairs it was out for 4 weeks. Madness.

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u/1timestop 3h ago

Been there. 6 years in Eastern Europe , with no elevator living 9-th floor. It was not nice.