The TÉLÉSIÈGE HSQ (Doppelmayr) has been destroyed at Mt. Bromont and will closed for the remainder of the season. The fire appears to have been destroyed by an electrical fault.
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Mt. Bromont's TÉLÉSIÈGE Express (Chair #5 / HSQ) Destroyed by Fire
Started by SkiBachelor, Feb 04 2016 12:34 PM
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Posted 05 February 2016 - 04:13 PM
DashHopes, on 05 February 2016 - 10:32 AM, said:
Our neighbor ski hill. Now because of this we are doing a complete inspection of all our wiring.
Which you should do every year,anyway.
More importantly should be some sort of fire suppression system in any un-attended structure with electrical devices.
This is, at least, the 3rd such incident in 2 years. Fortunately , from the photos, the haul rope did not part.
Dino
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Posted 06 February 2016 - 01:26 PM
I was talking with one of the maintenance guys there and he said the damage is not that bad. Worse is the control panel and the outside esthetics (Paint and windows) Ive heard one of two things: Mouse in wiring or lifty left jacket over a heater to dry and forgot it.
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Posted 06 February 2016 - 04:58 PM
Can some of you lifties share some photos of the type of heaters most commonly used in the shacks? Are they just the typical plug-in type? Also- what are your policies on powering down/disconnecting the power at the end of the day and season?
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Posted 07 February 2016 - 07:35 AM
RibStaThiok, on 06 February 2016 - 04:58 PM, said:
Can some of you lifties share some photos of the type of heaters most commonly used in the shacks? Are they just the typical plug-in type? Also- what are your policies on powering down/disconnecting the power at the end of the day and season?
Most of the time shack heaters are your basic wall mount electric fan type or if no electricity available its usually a direct vent propane heater.
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Posted 07 February 2016 - 01:06 PM
Hey SkiBachelor
Not sure if the comment about it being closed was thinking no one was there during the day? Talking with maintenance at Bromont,they had been at the lift about 2 hours before the fire broke out doing the holddown tower inspections due to the bulletin that Doppelmayer had sent out.
Not sure if the comment about it being closed was thinking no one was there during the day? Talking with maintenance at Bromont,they had been at the lift about 2 hours before the fire broke out doing the holddown tower inspections due to the bulletin that Doppelmayer had sent out.
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Posted 12 February 2016 - 12:54 PM
RibStaThiok we use a basic 110 wall mounted heater. But what we did a few years back is mounted them on the ceiling because people were leaving their jackets over it and burning out the fans and elements.
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Posted 13 February 2016 - 10:47 AM
Can't seem to modify this picture but this is what we have done everywhere there is a base board heater. We also have a ceiling heater as a redundant heat source. Our newest lift shacks have radiant floor heat but I think the slabs are too small to be effective.
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Posted 26 February 2016 - 06:45 PM
_litz, on 26 February 2016 - 03:15 PM, said:
Wow, solid effort by all involved in that project, kudos!
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Posted 26 February 2016 - 07:56 PM
Quite ... and a heckuva lot of luck that the fire didn't damage the lift machinery; only the skin of the machine room covering.
I rather suspect if this had been the drive instead of return, we'd be seeing a much different story ...
There's been some great all-out efforts from both lift staffs, and various manufacturers and contractors lately ... this one and the Thunderstruck crossbar detach both come to mind.
There have been a few gearbox/bearing issues that have been swiftly dealt with at several places too, in very short order.
(Moral is : if people don't go up the hill, they're not going to pay to come down the hill)
I rather suspect if this had been the drive instead of return, we'd be seeing a much different story ...
There's been some great all-out efforts from both lift staffs, and various manufacturers and contractors lately ... this one and the Thunderstruck crossbar detach both come to mind.
There have been a few gearbox/bearing issues that have been swiftly dealt with at several places too, in very short order.
(Moral is : if people don't go up the hill, they're not going to pay to come down the hill)
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