Section 0800-03-07-.23 - INSPECTION AND TESTS(1) All existing installations, and all new elevator installations after being placed in service, shall be subjected to maintenance inspections and tests.(2) Maintenance inspection and tests of elevator car and counterweight safeties and governors shall be made at intervals not exceeding twelve months.(2) The owner or his authorized agent shall have maintenance inspections and tests made by a person qualified to perform such service in the presence of an inspector in the employ of or authorized by the enforcing authority. EXCEPTIONS: Where an inspector in the employ of or authorized by the enforcing authority is not available at the time the required tests are made the person or firm conducting the tests shall:
(a) Submit to the enforcing authority a statement upon a form furnished by them certifying that the tests have been conducted and the results thereof.(b) Attach to the governor rope a tag marked to show the date of the test and the name of the person or firm who conducted it.(4) Pitch length for chain being tested must be determined from the chain manufacturer. (Example: Browning Standard series single strand #40 roller chain has pitch length of one-half inch.)
(5) Distance from centerline of pin spanning a given number of links is measured. We suggest one hundred links. (Example: 100 x 1/2=50 inches, when one hundred links of Browning #40 roller chain is being checked.)
(6) The distance between any one hundred continuous links shall not exceed an increase of more than one percent. (Example: One hundred links of Browning #40 roller chain shall not exceed fifty and one-half inches.)
(7) The above inspection shall be made at a minimum of three points picked at random on each chain. Any chains indicating an increase in length of more than one per cent must be replaced.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0800-03-07-.23
Amendment filed July 24, 2000; effective November 28, 2000.Authority: T.C.A. Title 68, Chapter 121.