That multi plug block in the first pic should not be being used outdoors and won’t be rated for high loads.

I was thinking the other day about slowing the chairlift down so much could mean double loading.... however it cancels itself out as the ride is now incredibly slow, so it's probably no different.

I think I'd rather they just ran it at normal speed and had 2 staff off peak and 4 during the summer months.

Uk power networks engineers are not electricians... Just saying. But yes its poor the way its been slung in like that, but you can assume its protected by an rcd because the electrics would all be periodically inspected and tested by qualified persons and, a socket circuit with no rcd would be flagged a C2 - potentially dangerous, if they were not.

-- Edited by quin on Friday 10th of August 2018 03:08:04 PM

-- Edited by quin on Friday 10th of August 2018 03:12:19 PM

For What its worth (as an ex supervisor for the rides at PWH) there must be something wrong with the chairlift, motor on its way out??? , it never used to run that slow, on quiet days 2 staff man the ride doing every other chair so they have time to unload a chair one side then load a chair the other side, busier days started of with 2 staff then come lunch time an additional 2 junior staff was added to man the unload side at each end, the speed was never changed so the ride took approx 5 mins from one end to the other, adding additional staff meant that every chair could be used so no ques built up
Bu thinking about it now if every chair is being used with only 2 operators then that is why the speed is set on slow as when its on normal speed and you are loading a chair there is a chair coming down the other side (normally with 2 ops this would be empty) but if its on slow speed then the op has time to load one chair then get over to the other side to unload the chair then back to the other side to load the chair, its all down to minimizing staff and wages, so unless they go to every other chair with just 2 staff then it will remain dead slow as you need to monitor people getting off (especially elderly and disabled, adults with small children) and be ready to hit the E stop if needed, Unfortunately sometimes they put saving money over the public's general experience of the park, again one of the reasons Hob's Pitts demise, when Hob's Pit opened i and 5 others was trained as scare actors/ operators for the ride, so the first season was good as there was more actors in there, But on quiet days say 500 in park then you still have 5 actors to pay who are basically doing nothing as there are only a few people going on the ride, but in the public's eye the ride should give the same experience weather there is 300, 500,1000+ people in the park, 2nd and 3rd season of Hobs eventually resulted in the ride not opening till 12 so when it opened the ride then was more or less busy till the close of park, but even then the cost of staffing a scare ride compared to 1 staff to run rootin tootin must of been to much. Hobs was a great ride to operate/supervise, but i think it may have been more successful in a bigger busier park, where most of the overheads are covered with the amount of people visiting each day :)