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Simply because the cables that hold the elevator cannot resist to a certain weight. There is a weight limit to insure that the cables don't break. The weight limit might also be determined by the lifting power of the mechanism driving the elevator. This is probably a bigger concern than the cables; normally engineers build in a pretty hefty safety factor on those (and some elevators don't use cables at all but are powered by a hydraulic system).

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