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Guide to the ADA Standards

Car position indicators shown above door or above control panel

Car Position Indicators [§407.4.8]

Position indicators are required for all cars, including those of 2-stop elevators. Specifications include:

  • ½” min. character height

  • Illumination of each floor level passed or stopped at

  • Automatic verbal announcement of stop or non-verbal audible signal of passed floors and stops (if elevator not destination-oriented and has a rated speed of 200 ft./ minute max.)

  • Frequency: 300 – 3,000 Hz for verbal annunciator, 1500 Hz max. for non-verbal signal

  • Signal level: 10 dB min. above ambient to 80 dB max.

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