Finding a way to make chores around the home easier is very important. These devices are especially handy for caretakers or house cleaners, because it is possible to do more work in less time. They are often designed to allow access to all areas of a home, sometimes with more than three stops. In addition to being very popular at home, they are also commonly used in businesses, such as restaurants or car manufacturers.
The electric dumbwaiter is fairly new, with the first one being developed in the eighteen hundreds, but the manual dumbwaiter is much older. Manual dumbwaiters have been used for many thousands of years and are in fact still used today. Some of the earlier manual dumbwaiters used animal power, but today they are quite on the human body to lift.
At its most simplistic, a manual dumbwaiter is simply a rope and a platform made out of wood or some other type of material. The rope is attached to the platform and is used to pull the platform up between an area of changing elevation. While it is possible to use this simple design, most people use some sort of pulley system, to help reduce how much effort it takes to raise the lift.
Even if you use a pulley system to reduce the amount of work, you still have to use your own body to raise the lift. This is why the electric dumbwaiter is the most popular choice today. These allow the lift to be instantly sent to another floor, just by pushing a button. They are also a lot more stable and secure. With the many built in safety switches and sensors, most electric lifts will provide better service.
It is important to choose a dumbwaiter that will be installed easily. There are several available that can be installed with relative ease, but it is necessary to have a strong background in construction or house repair. Some find that it is out of their comfort zone, so they will opt for having a company do the installation. If you buy a kit that is easier to install, it can reduce the installation time, so even if you are not doing the actual installation, it can still save you money.
Usually the car will come with much of the cable drive system already installed. It comes on a piece of track that is a few feet long. The car, track and all, can be attached to the top of the elevator shaft. This eliminates having to secure the cable system and line it up, which could often be very tricky.
There is still some wiring that will need to be done though. The dumbwaiter itself will need power, but most plug directly into a regular 115 VAC outlet. This is the standard kind found in most homes. While this makes the electrical wiring easier, the call buttons will still need to be installed at every floor where the dumbwaiter will stop. Most of the ready to install kits available use simple snap together connectors to make this task easier.
Those that are in need of making work around the home easier and quicker, often turn to dumbwaiters. Their use and popularity has only increased since they were first used and today they are incredibly popular.
