Originally Posted by
anacapamalibu
Industry standard here is 3-6 seconds open to auto close. Considering that the CZ A380 flying domestic can board in 10 minutes and 5 years here = 1 year in China. They should be programmed for 1-3 seconds door close. If its 15-20 seconds they must be using bootleg components not real OTIS.
I assure you, that lag is a lot longer than 1-3 seconds. Even with genuine elevator OEM equipment.
And keep in mind that whatever your experience with OTIS--they only provides a subset of all elevators here due to their expense--Fujitsu, Kone, Schindler, and some other manufacturers are also ubiquitous. But all have the same issue. Regardless of manufacturer, "Industry standard" for presets will always be trumped by local code and practice, and directive of the elevator inspection/certification official, and by building ownership/management preferences. The hydraulic elevators are worse on delays than the high-speed electrics, as you might expect, but even the electrics/tractions lag more than you'd find in an equivalent model and vintage in office/hotel/public building complexes in western countries.
Next time you are in China, take some elevator rides in a wide variety of buildings and use a stopwatch or something with sweep second hand to time the lags. By the end of your stay in China, you'll be pushing emphatically on that "door close" button also.