Elevator technicians are reporting significant reliability issues with the Otis pulse board, with one commenter calling the component "GARBAGE" and another noting it is prone to being destroyed by...

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        "author": "Aggravating-Knee3887",
        "excerpt": "I worked at Otis 20 yrs, never had that issue or saw that type of pulse unit. Is that the “new” O model. Good luck pulse units can be finicky",
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        "excerpt": "The 68kn belts? That pulse board it GARBAGE! AND THE  shorting bars are garbage.",
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        "excerpt": "Never worked on that specific model, but have had the same issue.\nFound you needed 10awg wire to properly discharge static. I would recommend scraping the paint off the connection points on the steel and get some proper ring ferrules.\nAlso the ones I’ve had, once the static fries the comms the board is toast. Fix the grounding and then swap the board.",
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        "excerpt": "I’ve seen something similar once on a night call but he said the RFE was still trying to figure it out. Do you work for Otis?",
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