When a hotel AC wouldn’t stay on, one simple change solved the problem for the entire stay.
For many summers, Joe and I stayed at one of our favorite hotels in New Braunfels, Texas – it’s just a simple Candlewood Suites, but a woman named Tasha works there and she’s just THE BEST. Anyway, when we got to our room, it was HOT. The under-the-window Amana unit was there (but not running). The thermostat was set to 70°F—but the room was nowhere near that.
So I looked at the window unit and this is what I found:
“Your suite is equipped with an energy-savings system. It knows when you have left your room and when you return. Please allow 15 minutes for the temperature to return to your desired settings”
I didn’t remember if those rooms always had motion sensors or not, but they apparently did now. Awesomesauce.
So before I went out to buy a mylar balloon, hand warmers, etc. somewhere, I did what any travel blogger worth her weight in gold did – I brought up my article about how to override hotel thermostat settings. And lo and behold, there were no “Amana under-the-window units with a wall thermostat” on my list.
WHAT?!?!?!
SO…I started searching on Google and YouTube. And NO ONE had the hack for an Amana under-the-window unit with a wall thermostat so that the motion sensor wouldn’t come into play.
Well, crap!
So, I went to the under-the-window unit and flipped the little door up to see what my options were.
Unit was set to Cool, 70 degrees and the Fan Speed was on “Auto.” OK, all good. But Constant Fan was…off?
SOOO…I hit the buttons to turn Fan Speed to “Low” (I could have put it on “High,” too) and Constant Fan to “on.”
You know what? The air conditioner remained on for the duration of our stay.
Problem solved.
It wasn’t a complicated workaround, and it didn’t require buying anything or tricking a motion sensor.
It was just a simple setting change—but it made all the difference.
So if you ever find yourself in a hotel room where the AC won’t stay on, it might be worth checking the fan settings first.
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