California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 6 - Elevator Safety Orders
Group II - Elevator Installations for Which the Installation Contract Was Signed Before October 25, 1998
Article 18 - Design Data, Formulas, Tests on Approved Devices, and Electrical Regulations
Section 3100 - Rated Load of Passenger Elevators

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 3100

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Minimum Rated Load of Passenger Elevators. The following formulas shall be used for determining the minimum rated load of passenger elevators.

(1) For a passenger elevator having an inside net platform area of not more than 50 square feet

W = (2A2/3) + (200A/3).

(2) For a passenger elevator having an inside net platform area of more than 50 square feet

W = 7A2/150) + (125A - 1367).

Where W = Minimum rated load in pounds, and A = inside net platform area in square feet.

(3) Figures 3100 A1, 3100 A2 and 3100 A3 are graphs of the above two formulas.

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Minimum Rated Loads for Passenger Elevators

FIGURE 3100 A1

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Minimum Rated Loads for Passenger Elevators

FIGURE 3100 A2

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Minimum Rated Loads for Passenger Elevators

FIGURE 3100 A3

(b) Additional Requirements for Passenger Overload. Passenger elevators shall be designed and installed to safely lower, stop, and hold the car with an additional load up to 25 percent in excess of the rated load; however, the elevator is not required to attain rated load performance under the overload conditions. For passenger elevators, the term "125 percent of the rated load" shall be used in place of "rated load" in the following sections:

(1) Duplex Safeties--Section 3035(b).

(2) Function and Stopping Distance of Safeties--Section 3035(c)(1).

(3) Driving Machine Brakes--Section 3038(h)(2).

(4) Normal Terminal Stopping Devices--Section 3039(a)(2).

(5) Control and Operating Circuit Requirements--Section 3040(f)(5).

(6) Absorption of Regenerative Power--CCR, Title 24, Part 3, Article 620.

(Title 24, Part 7, Section 7-3100)

1. Amendment of article heading, subsections (b) and (b)(6) and adoption of NOTE filed 6-29-94; operative 7-29-94 (Register 94, No. 26).

Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

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