Re: Need speed switch for DIY funicular/hillside elevator

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Nick Hull wrote:
> In article <1162098544.821564.137120@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>  astutesolutions@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Les, thanks.  The fixed cable with a spring clamp is something I
> > thought of, the only problem is that the deadman switch wouldn't work
> > because part of the design is that there is a call button at the top
> > and bottom to recall the cart in the event it is at the opposite end.
>
> The spring clamp would work fine, as long as you lock it open when you
> leave the cart.  You don't need much of a safety when the cart is empty,
> only when people are inside, and then it would be a 'deadman' clamp.
>
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That would work, but I would have to depend on my kids to set the clamp
when they get off and hope they remember to unset it when they get on.
I would be afraid that it would get set open and not thought about, or
even worse, locked at the bottom (brake on) and someone at top hits the
recall button and has the cart connection point ripped out.  Or on the
opposite situation where its locked at the top and the cart is called
down and the cable unspools up top.