Te Whakaeke Whare, Te Huringa Tangata, me te Huru Whakawhitinga Pouaka Tuoro Whara¶

E hia miriona nga whare maha-papa, nga kaainga taone, me nga kaainga e waatea ana e whakawhirinaki ana ki nga ararewa noho motuhake, nga hikoi hikoi (he hiki i nga tuuru), me nga hikina tuuru wīra poutū, he anga ranei hei neke i nga pakeke pakeke me nga tangata haua i waenga i nga papa. Kaore i rite ki nga tari arumoni, nga hikoi hōhipera ranei e tirotirohia ana ia marama e nga miihini whakaurunga wa-katoa, he maha nga tau karekau he ratonga ngaio. Ka mate te hiko, ka tukitukia te arai hiko hiko i te arai, ka mate te hikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohikohiko.

Ko te mea nui ake, ko nga tari haumaru kaihoko a te kawanatanga (tae atu ki te U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) i tuhi i nga morearea kino me te mahanga i roto i nga ararewa noho tawhito i uru atu ai nga tamariki nohinohi ki roto i te aputa nui i waenga i te kuaha ara piu o waho me te keeti waka accordion o roto. Ma te mohio ki te whakawhiti korero me te noho humarie i roto i te ararewa o te kainga, me pehea te whakahaere i te riipene whakaheke a-ringa waipēhi, i te hikoi hiko hikoi-a-ringa-a-ringa me te kore e pa ki te wharanga omaoma, me pehea hoki te whakakore i nga aputa o te kuaha o te ara hikoi ka tiakina nga whakatipuranga katoa o to whare.

Mahia tenei inaianei¶

1. Tirohia mo te mate hauora, te ahi, te mahanga tinana ranei: Ki te kowhakina tinana tetahi tamaiti, pakeke ranei i waenga i te hiki me te pakitara/tatau, mena kei te mamae te uma o te kaieke, he uaua ki te manawa, he mate huka huka, he wera ranei, waea atu ki to rohe. tau ohorere (911 i te United States me Canada, 112 puta noa i te Kotahitanga o Europi, 999 i te United Kingdom) i te wa tonu ka taea e nga kaimahi whakaora ahi te whakautu.
2. Kaua rawa e ngana ki te whakatuwhera i te kuaha ararewa noho ka ngokingoki ki waho i waenga i nga papa: Mena kei roto koe i tetahi motuka ararewa noho e tu ana i waenganui i nga papa e rua, noho ki roto i te kaa. Kaua rawa e ngana ki te whakatuwhera i te kuaha o te motuka me te kuaha o te aroa kia piki ki waho o te rakau haurua tuwhera; ki te hoki mai te hiko, ki te nekehia ranei te pehanga waipēhi i te wa kei te haurua o to rama i te paepae, ka kutikuti to tinana e te kaa neke ki te anga o te papa.
3. Whakamahia te waea i roto i te motoka, te paatene whakaoho ohorere, me te waea pukoro ki te karanga awhina: Pēhia te patene kowhai, whero ranei ** Pere / Alarm** kei roto i te waka ararewa, tikina te waea whenua / waea pūkoro i roto i te kaa (pehia ranei te paatene waea-kore-ringa SOS), ka whakamahi i to waea pukoro ki te waea atu ki tetahi mema o te whanau, hoa tata, waea ohorere ranei.
4. Tirohia nga whakakoi aukati haumaru, te tuitui whitiki nohoanga, me nga pukoro hiku i runga i te hikoi hikoi: Ka mutu ohorere te hikoi hikoi i te haurua o te pikitanga ka tangi, 80 paihēneti o te wa kua tukitukia he pana tapahi haumaru. Tirohia mehemea karekau te whero Kaiwhakaako Whakao/Whakaweto i te toka i tukitukia e te turi, tirohia te turu hurihuri kei te raka tika i te tuunga eke i waenganui, ka toro atu ki raro i te turanga waewae me te waka motini ki te paheke atu i nga hu, te pito kakaho, te remu kaukau, te taonga takaro ngeru ranei e pehi ana ki nga ** pereti taha haumaru** kua utaina ki te puna.
5. Whakawetohia te arai momotu AC matua i mua i te ngana ki te whakaheke i te waipēhi o waho, i te whakaheke-a-ringa ranei: Mena me whakaheke a te kaitiaki i waho o te ararewa, te ararewa ranei ki te tuku a-ringa i tetahi ara kapo ki te taunga, huri te Main Electrical Disconnect Switch (ranei te kaiwawao ara iahiko motuhake) ki te tuunga OFF i te tuatahi. Kaua rawa e kuhuhia he kaokao whakarewa-a-ringa ki roto i te hikoi hikoi i te wa e ora ana te hiko, ka taea ranei e te motuka te uru ohorere me te miro i te kakau rino ki roto i to ringaringa.
6. Whakahaerehia he papa kiriata maataki, takirua tangata ranei te whakawhiti i te arawhata mena ka mauka te tuuru: Mena ka mau te ararewa i waenganui o te arawhata ka taea e te kaieke te hikoi me te awhina, manatokohia te tuuru hurihuri o te arawhata me te pakaru o te kaata kei te raka karekau i mua i te awhina ia ratou ki te piki ki runga ki te pikinga o te arawhata i runga ake i te turanga waewae (kaore e tuwhera ki muri).

Rakau whakatau rauhanga mo te ararewa kaainga me te hiki ohooho ohorere¶

Whakamahia tenei tūtohi rerenga mahi ki te whakautu haumaru ahakoa kei te mau koe i roto i te ararewa o te kainga, kua mau ki waenganui i te rerenga i runga i te ara hikoi, kei te awhina ranei i tetahi mema o te whanau ki runga i te tuuru ararewa poutū.

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    Start["Kati ohorere te hiki i te whare nekeneke ranei"] --> LifeCheck{"1. Kei te kowhakina tinana tetahi, i whara, kei roto ranei i te ahi/mate mate?"}
    LifeCheck -->|"Ae: Kuru, Hauora, Ahi ranei"| Call911["Waea 911 / 112 / 999 Inamata; Tapahia te Kaiwhati Hiko Matua Mena he Haumaru; Taria mo te Whakaora Ahi"]
    LifeCheck -->|"Kao: Kainoho Haumaru & Karekau i whara"| LiftType{"2. Ko tehea momo hiki i te kainga ka mutu?"}
    LiftType -->|"A. Elevator Nohonga kua kati"| InsideOrOut{"He tangata kei waho o te rakau i te kainga hei awhina?"}
    InsideOrOut -->|"Kao: Kaihoe Anake I Roto Kaa"| StayInCab["Noho ki Roto Kaa; KAUA E wherahia nga tatau i waenganui i nga papa; Waea atu ki te Whanau, ki te waea 911 ranei ma te Waea Waea/Waea"]
    InsideOrOut -->|"Ae: Kaiawhina i waho i te Pouaka Miihini"| HydraulicOrDrum["Ka Whakawetehia e te Kaiawhina te Waahi Momotu AC Matua i te Pouaka Kaiwhakahaere"]
    HydraulicOrDrum --> PullRedValve["Hydraulic: Toia Ataahua a-Rohe Whero Whakahekehia te Puka Valve Whakahekea Kia Tae ra ano te Motoka ki te Papa Raro, Katahi ka Tukua"]
    LiftType -->|"B. Huringa Huringa Motini"| StairChecks["1. Tirohia te Kī Hiko Whero/Whakawhiti 2. Tirohia te Maukati Nohonga Hurihuri 3. Maamaa nga Tapa o te Paahi Tapuwae"]
    StairChecks --> StillStuck{"I whakaorahia te nekehanga o te whakawātea pūoko me te tatari 60s?"}
    StillStuck -->|"Kao: Pūhiko mate, he he ranei"| HandWind["Whakawetohia te Whakawhiti Hiko; Whakauruhia te Wira-a-ringa ki roto i te Kohao Motini; Te Hau ki te Taunga Tata"]
    LiftType -->|"C. Poutū Poutū Pouaka Pouaka Whakarewa (VPL)"| VPLCheck["Hurihia te Patene Whero Ohotata Whero Whakataraka Karaka hei Tautuhi; Tirohia te Pane Haumaru Raro-Raro"]
    VPLCheck --> VPLManual["Ki te Puta te Hiko: Whakamahia te Takahuri Whakaheke Pahiko Aux, Te Waahi Ringa A-ringa ranei / Tuku Hydraulic ki Raro"]

Raparongoā me te mawhiti mai i te hikoi hikoi (He hikina tuuru)¶

Ko nga hikoi hiko (penei i a Bruno, Stannah, Acorn, Handicare, Savaria, me ThyssenKrupp/TK Home Solutions) e rere ana i runga e rua nga pākahiko o roto 12-volt hiri-waikawa (SLA) kua hiri kei roto i te waka tuuru neke. Ahakoa ka honoa ki te hiko o te pakitara, ka rere tonu te hikoi hiko i runga i te hiko pākahiko DC 100 paiheneti o te waa, ko te putanga o te pakitara ka whangai noa i te riihi riiwhi ngaohiko iti ki roto i te reriwe.

Ka mutu te neke o te ararewa i te haurua ki runga, ki raro ranei i te arawhata, mahia enei hikoi tātaritanga e rima mai i te nohoanga i mua i te ngana ki te whakaheke a-ringa:

Hipanga 1: Wetewetehia nga tangihanga hikoi hikoi me nga waehere hapa LED¶

Whakarongo ki te tauira tangi ka titiro ki te whakaaturanga tātaritanga matihiko iti (he LED mana maha-tae ranei) i runga i te okiokinga ringa, i te taha ranei o te waka moto:

Step 2: How to safely dismount a stairlift stuck mid-staircase¶

If the stairlift will not move after checking the swivel lock, footrest bumpers, and thermal breaker:

• Case A: The rider CANNOT walk stairs safely (Wheelchair user or high fall risk):
• Do NOT try to carry an adult down a narrow staircase in your arms, and do not unbuckle their seatbelt over steep stairs. Carrying an adult around a stairlift rail frequently causes both caregiver and rider to fall head-first.
• Keep the rider buckled safely in the seat. Either use the Manual Hand-Winding Wheel (Step 3 below) to wind the carriage slowly to the landing, OR call your local fire department's non-emergency dispatch line (or 911 / 112 / 999 if medical needs exist) for a Fire Department Lift Assist. Firefighters carry tracked evacuation stair chairs and harnesses to transfer the rider safely in minutes.
• Case B: The rider CAN walk stairs stably while holding a handrail:
• Turn the stairlift Master Power Switch to OFF so the chair cannot lurch into motion while the rider is standing up.
• Have a spotter stand one step below the stairlift while the rider holds the wall handrail firmly.
• Whakahurihia te nohoanga ki te pikitanga o RUNGA: Toia te taumanu hurihuri ka huri i te nohoanga 45 ki te 90 nga nekehanga ki te taha piki o te arawhata kia raka ra ano.
• Whakaekea ki runga i te arawhata i runga tika i te turanga waewae, KAUA E whakamuri ki muri i te waka: Ma te piki paku whakarunga ki runga ki te hikoi marama i runga ake o te tuuru ka mau te ngakau o te kaieke ki runga i te rakau totoka, engari ma te heke ki raro i te turanga waewae teitei ka heke te matapo 35-henimita (14-inihi) ki raro.

Hipanga 3: Te whakamahi i te wira-a-ringa-a-ringa-a-ringa (Rangi ringa ohorere)¶

He maha nga pikinga o nga kaainga kei roto he kirihou, he whakarewa ranei Wira Hurihuri-a-Rirangi ohotata kua topehia ki raro o te reera arawhata, kua mau ranei ki te taha o te hiko.

1. Whakahurihia te Whakawhiti Hiko Rangatira ki te OFF i te tuatahi: Kaua rawa e kuhu te rakau awhi-a-ringa i te wa e ora ana te hiko hiko.
2. Whakauruhia te taputapu awhiowhio ki roto i te kohao kapene i runga i te tahuhu motopaika: Tangohia te mono kirihou porowhita iti kei te uhi o raro o te motuka, pahekehia te rakau kakari ki runga i te porowhita o roto, ka pana ki roto kia uru.
3. Ka ata haere te hau ki te ahunga e whakaatuhia ana i runga i te tohu: Na te mea ka whakamahia e te ararewa he taputapu kutukutu teitei (te tikanga 40:1, 60:1 ranei kia kore ai e taea e te tuuru te wira), ka huri te wira kia maha nga tatini hurihuri ka neke ata te tuuru ki te taunga, ka whakawātea ranei i te kuaha kua araia.

Nga ararewa whare noho: te whakaheke ohorere me te tuku kuaha¶

Ka whakamahia e nga ararewa noho motuhake e wha nga hoahoa miihini matua, me tetahi tikanga whakaheke ohorere motuhake kei waho o te rakau i roto i te kareti taputapu o te kaainga, te karati, te pouaka whakahaere ranei:

1. Hydraulic Home Elevators (Savaria Eclipse/Infinity, Symmetry, Gartech, Cambridge, Waupaca, Inclinator HydraRide): Ka whakamahi i te papu hiko me te tank wai waipēhi hei pana i te piston, i te rango taura ranei.
2. Whakaekea Pahu Awhiowhio / Whakatairanga Tauera Whakatairanga (Inclinator Elevette, Fox Valley, National Wheel-O-Vator): Ka whakamahi i nga taura rererangi rino e taia ana ki tetahi pahū haruru e peia ana e te motuka 240V AC me te pouaka.
3. Miihini-Room-Less (MRL) Counterweighted Chain / Gearless Elevators: Ka whakamahi i te motini runga-o-rewhana i roto i te arai me te pouaka hiko 12V/24V Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) i runga i te pakitara o waho.
4. Pneumatic Vacuum Elevators (PVE) (Whakamaramahia nga ngongo polycarbonate cylinder): Ka whakamahi i nga kapohau momi o runga hei hiki ake i te kaa me nga marere whakaheke-a-rangi ki te whakaheke.

Mena ka mau koe ki ROTO i te ararewa noho anake¶

1. ** Noho marino; kare rawa koe e pau i te hau hau**: Ehara nga kaakaa ararewa noho i nga waahi hau. Ko nga tikanga hanga whare e hiahia ana ki nga karaehe whakamahana o runga me raro me nga aputa tatau paenga, e whakarato ana i te tuku mutunga kore o te hau hou o te whare.
2. Kaua e ngana ki te piki ki waho mena ka mutu te motuka neke atu i te 15 henimita (6 inihi) mai i te taunga o te papa:
3. Ko te pikinga mai i te waka ararewa e mau ana i waenganui i nga papa ka uru koe ki roto i te "Wheona Guillotine" mena ka hoki te hiko, ka nekehia ranei te pehanga waipēhi.
4. I tua atu, ki te tu te motoka ki runga ake i te taunga o raro ka whakatuwhera koe i te kuaha o te aroa, he tuwhera totika tika ki roto i te rua ararewa raima kei raro tonu i te papa o te waka.
5. Reset the Interior Car Gate and Emergency Stop Switch first:
6. Ko te Whakawhiti Whero "STOP": Tirohia mehemea i tukitukia te patene whero EMERGENCY STOP i runga i te papa o te waka. Toia, whiria ranei ki te RUN, tatari mo te 5 hēkona, ka pehi i to patene ** Whenua / Papa Tuatahi**.
7. The Interior Gate / Light Curtain: Push the folding accordion gate all the way shut until it clicks into the jamb latch. If your elevator has an invisible infrared light curtain, make sure your coat hem, purse strap, dog leash, or walker wheel is not sticking 2 centimeters (0.8 inches) across the front threshold beam.
8. Press the LOWEST floor button for Battery Backup Lowering: Most post-2005 residential elevators include a 12V/24V Battery Lowering UPS. During a power outage, pressing upper floor buttons does nothing, but pressing the LOWEST floor button (Floor 1 or Basement) activates battery lowering to bring the car to the bottom landing and unlock the door interlock automatically.

How a family member OUTSIDE the elevator can manually lower the car to the bottom floor¶

If a power outage or control board failure leaves someone inside a residential elevator and the in-cab buttons do not respond, a helper outside can lower the cab gently to the lowest floor in two minutes using the controls inside the Elevator Machine / Controller Closet:

For a Hydraulic Residential Elevator (Most Common):¶

1. Turn the Main AC Electrical Disconnect Lever (and Battery Switch) to OFF: Located on the wall beside the hydraulic pump tank. Turning power off prevents the electric pump from kicking on to fight the manual valve.
2. Pull the Red Manual Lowering Valve Knob slowly:
3. Locate the bright red pull-knob or T-handle labeled "EMERGENCY MANUAL LOWERING" on the metal valve manifold atop (or inside) the hydraulic fluid tank.
4. Pull (or turn counterclockwise) the Red Valve Knob slowly and hold it: Hydraulic oil will hiss softly back into the reservoir as gravity lowers the cab down the shaft at 8 to 15 centimeters (3 to 6 inches) per second.
5. Release the red knob when the hissing stops: Once the pressure gauge drops to zero and the hissing stops, the cab is resting on the bottom floor landing. Let go of the red knob immediately so its spring closes the valve, then open the bottom floor hallway door.

For a Pneumatic Vacuum Elevator (Clear Round Tube):¶

1. Automatic gravity air-bleed during power failure: When house power cuts out, a calibrated mechanical orifice at the top of the polycarbonate tube bleeds atmospheric air slowly into the upper chamber, floating the cab smoothly down to the ground floor without batteries or cables.

For a Winding-Drum or Geared Traction Cable Elevator:¶

1. Turn OFF the Main 240V AC Disconnect Breaker first.
2. Use the Battery Backup Lowering Toggle inside the Controller Box: Newer cable units have an Emergency Battery Down button inside the wall cabinet. On older winding-drum units that require a mechanical motor brake-release wrench, do not prop open the motor brake unless trained by your installer, as releasing a non-counterweighted drum brake uncontrolled can let the cab accelerate; call your elevator service company or fire department instead.

How to use the Emergency Hoistway Door Unlocking Key safely¶

Every residential elevator hallway door has a small round keyhole or narrow pin hole on the outside face of the door frame (or above the handle) that opens the mechanical Hoistway Door Interlock (such as a GAL Type N, EMI, or Savaria drop-key latch).

Pouaka Pouaka Pouaka Pouaka Roopuu (Whakarewa whakamahau / VPL)¶

Pouaka Pouaka Whakarewa (pēnei i te Bruno VPL, Harmar Highlander, Savaria Multilift, me te Pollock/Terry lifts) whakaarahia he tuuru wīra me te kaieke 1 ki te 4 mita (3 ki te 14 putu) poutū ki te taha o te mahau whakamahau, nga hikoi karati, te pikitanga o roto ranei ma te whakamahi i te ACME screw-drive rod, he hydraureira, he hydrau, he ** hiira*, he poutaka.

Mēnā ka mutu te mahi a te Hiki Papa Poutū i te wā e noho ana te tūru wīra i runga i te tūāpapa:

1. Tawirihia te harore Whero "EMERGENCY STOP" ki te taha karaka: Tata ki ia hikina tuuru wīra he patene Kati te ahua o te harore whero i runga i te pouaka whakahaere turanga. Ka pehia ana ki roto, ka piri miihini ki te tuunga OFF ka tapahia te mana katoa. He maha nga wa ka tukitukia e nga kaieke tenei patene me o ratou tuke, tuuru wīra ranei, me te kore e mohio. Tahurihia te patene whero ¼ huri te karaka (i te ahunga o nga pere) kia puta ra ano ki waho me te tangi nui kapo, katahi ka ngana ano ki te whakahuri rocker UP/DOWN.
2. Check the Under-Platform Safety Pan (Obstruction Sensor): The entire bottom metal belly pan underneath a wheelchair platform lift is suspended on four sensitive microswitches designed to stop the lift immediately if it touches a pet, a foot, or snow/leaves on the ground. Look underneath the platform: if pine cones, gravel, packed snow, or a garden hose have accumulated under the lift pan, or if the sheet-metal pan is frozen to the concrete pad in winter, clear the debris away and lift upward gently on the bottom pan edge to make sure the microswitches click freely.
3. Check the Top Platform Gate and Bottom Entry Ramp Interlocks: The lift will not move unless the upper landing gate is pulled completely shut and latched, and the folding access ramp (or platform gate) is in its fully raised position.
4. Activate the Emergency Manual Lowering Device inside the tower column:
5. On AC/DC Battery-Powered Screw-Drive Lifts: If the primary rocker switch on the platform fails, open the small keyed access panel on the side of the vertical mast tower (or use the lower call station override switch) to engage the auxiliary battery-lowering circuit, OR insert the manual hex crank handle into the top cap of the vertical mast tower to wind the ACME screw rod down manually.
6. On Hydraulic Platform Lifts: Open the mast access panel, turn off the main power switch, and pull the red manual hydraulic bleed valve to lower the platform gently to the ground pad.

Preventative safety checklist for homes with elevators and mobility lifts¶

Run through this safety inspection today if your home, vacation rental, or aging parent's house has a residential elevator, stairlift, or wheelchair lift:

• Measure the Hoistway Door Gap on every floor of your home elevator right now: Close the exterior hallway door and measure from the back face of that solid door to the front edge of the closed interior accordion car gate (or to the front edge of the cab sill). If that space is wider than 10 centimeters (4 inches), order and mount rigid Hoistway Door Space Guards on the inside face of every hallway door immediately. Over 30 major residential elevator manufacturers (via the CPSC) provide free or low-cost space guards to eliminate child crushing hazards.
• Test that NO hallway elevator door can be opened when the car is on another floor: Send the elevator to the 2^nd floor, then walk to the 1^st floor and pull firmly on the 1^st-floor elevator hallway door handle. It must remain 100 percent locked. If any hallway door opens when the elevator car is not parked at that floor, the mechanical door interlock is broken or bypassed: lock the room or door immediately, turn off the elevator breaker, and call a licensed elevator technician before anyone uses the house.
• Install a working hands-free cellular or VoIP-battery phone inside the elevator cab: Millions of households cancelled their copper landline telephone service over the past decade without realizing it disconnected the emergency phone inside their home elevator. Pick up the phone inside your elevator cab today and verify it dials out; if your landline is gone, connect the elevator phone line to a cellular gateway box with battery backup and mount a magnetic spare mobile phone charger inside the cab.
• Label the Main Elevator Disconnect Breaker and Red Manual Lowering Valve clearly: Hang a laminated luggage tag on the red hydraulic lowering valve in your basement/utility closet and put a bright label on your electrical panel breaker so any caregiver, babysitter, or firefighter can locate them in 10 seconds.
• Replace internal 12V SLA batteries every 3 to 4 years before they fail mid-staircase: Both stairlifts and elevator battery-lowering UPS units use sealed lead-acid batteries that degrade quietly after 36 to 48 months. Write the installation date on the battery casing with a permanent marker and replace them proactively every 3.5 years.

Pātai auau¶

Why did my stairlift suddenly start beeping continuously every few seconds after I got off?¶

A continuous steady beep coming from a parked stairlift is almost always the **"Off-Charge Warning Alarm."** Stairlifts run on two internal 12-volt batteries that only recharge when the chair carriage is parked directly on top of the metal brass charging contacts at the very top or very bottom of the rail. If you stop the chair 2 centimeters (0.8 inches) short of the end stop, or if someone accidentally unplugged the low-voltage wall transformer or tripped the wall GFCI outlet, the stairlift beeps to warn you that its batteries will drain dead overnight if left there. Drive the chair all the way onto the parking contact until the charging indicator light turns solid green, and verify the wall transformer is plugged into a live outlet.

Can you suffocate or run out of oxygen if you get trapped inside a home elevator for several hours?¶

No, it is physically impossible to run out of oxygen inside a standard residential elevator cab. Even when both the interior car gate and the exterior hallway door are closed, residential elevators are required by safety codes (ASME A17.1 Section 5.3) to have open ventilation grilles and natural perimeter air gaps into the hoistway shaft, which holds thousands of liters of breathable air connected to the house. The real health risk during a multi-hour entrapment is dehydration, missed time-critical medications (such as insulin), or overheating if the elevator shaft is located on a sun-baked exterior wall during a summer power outage.

How do I lower a hydraulic home elevator manually during a power outage if the backup battery is dead?¶

Every hydraulic residential elevator has a non-electric mechanical override valve located on the hydraulic pump tank inside the machine closet, basement, or garage. First, switch the **Main AC Electrical Disconnect Lever to OFF** so the pump cannot restart unexpectedly. Next, open the hydraulic pump box and locate the **red pull-knob (or red valve stem) labeled "Manual Lowering Valve."** Pull and hold the red knob gently outward: hydraulic fluid will drain smoothly back into the reservoir tank, allowing gravity to lower the elevator car slowly down to the lowest floor landing. As soon as the car touches down at the bottom floor and the fluid sound stops, release the red knob and open the bottom floor hallway door.

He aha te whakamaumaharatanga o te ararewa noho "gap tatau" me pehea taku tirotiro mena kei te haumaru taku ararewa kaainga mo nga tamariki?¶

Kua tukuna e te U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) me nga mana haumaru ararewa nga whakamaumaharatanga me nga whakatupato mo te aputa kino i waenga i te kuaha o te aroa totika o waho (te tatau arai) me te keeti whakakopa o roto i runga i nga ararewa noho i hangaia i mua i te tau 2020. Mena te mokowhiti i waenga i te kuaha arai kati me te kuaha katinga o te kuaha henemita te whanui** (40 henemita te whanui o te kuaha hikoi)** i roto i taua pute, kati te kuaha o waho i muri i a ratou, ka kuru ina karangahia te ararewa ki tetahi atu papa. Inehia to aputa ki te ruri i tenei ra: ki te neke ake i te 10 henimita (4 inihi), whakauruhia nga **Kaitiaki Mokowhiti Kuaha Hoistway (raera)** kua tutakina ki te mata o roto o ia kuaha huarahi kia whakakiia te waahi kore, me te whakauru i nga **Waihanga Whakapā Hiko Te Keeti Waka** kia kore ai te keeti e huri whakaroto i raro i te pehanga.

He aha te take e kore ai e neke taku arai tuuru wīra ahakoa e ka ana te rama hiko?¶

Ki te whai mana hiko te hiki i te turanga wīra poutū engari karekau ki te neke ki runga, ki raro ranei ina pehia e koe te pana hoe, tirohia kia toru nga raka haumaru: tuatahi, whiria te **Red Mushroom Emergency Stop Button** 1/4 tahuri te karaka kia puta ra ano ki waho (ka mau tonu i te wa e tukia ana); tuarua, manatoko kua katia katoatia te **keeti taunga o runga me te kopa i raro i te ara uru uru** kia mau ai o ratou hononga raka aukume; tuatoru, titiro ki raro i te papa mo nga rau, kirikiri, hukarere, he rakau ranei e pehi ana ki runga ki te **pau puku haumaru o raro** kua utaina ki te puna, ka whakakore i te nekehanga whakararo ina pa atu.

Kua tirohia nga puna¶

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME, United States) & CSA Group (Canada): * ASME A17.1 / CSA B44 Waehere Haumaru mo nga Elevators me nga Escalators (Whahanga 5.3 Elevator Noho Motuhake, 100 mm / 4-Inch Hoistway Door Clearance Ture)*.
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME, United States): ASME A18.1 Paerewa Haumaru mo te Whakarewa Papa me te Whakaoho Chairlifts (Whakaheke ohorere, Pane Haumaru, me te Whakawhiti Whakawhiti).
• US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC, United States): Whakatupato Haumaru Elevator Noho me nga Aratohu Whakamaharatanga CPSC mo nga Kaitiaki Mokowhiti Kuaha Hoistway me te Aukati i te Mahinga Tamariki.
• British Standards Institution (BSI, United Kingdom) & European Committee for Standardization (CEN): BS EN 81-40 (Ture Haumaru mo te Hanga me te Whakanoho i nga Tauera me te Whakaaetanga Whakanuia) me te BS EN 81-41 (Nga Papa Whakatairanga Poutū).
• National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC, United States) & Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA, United Kingdom): Nga Aratohu Tiaki Haumaru mo te Kaipupuri Whare me nga Tikanga Whakaheke A-Kiwa Ohotata mo nga Whakaeke Whare Tumataiti.

Nga kaiarahi e pa ana¶

• Nga mate ohorere me te mahanga whare arumoni
• Te hunga haua me nga matea hauora te whakamahere ohorere
• Te whakamahere ohorere a nga pakeke
• Ka ora te mate hiko me te mana taapiri
• Nga tau ohorere