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Is there a way to turn them off? Last year we stayed at Movies and after three days of fighting with that thing, we all ended up with a sore throat . It was either too cold or too hot. I called front desk, but there was nothing they could do.
This year we're staying at Music, and I'm afraid we'll have the same problem, and I certainly don't want to end again with a sore throat!
Any advise is appreciated.
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I would ask for a different room, immediately, if you have the same problem. They do run on thermostats, but should be adjustable so they don't run all the time. I know I often have a sore throat after being somewhere with AC, tho; it's always been that way for me.
Sorry, but you can't turn the AC off. You can only change the temperature. Of course, when you turn it way up, the "AC" will go off but at the same time the heating will go on We had the exact same problem last time. We're not used to AC (not needed around here) so we didn't want it on at night but we also didn't want to turn the temperature up too high because then we'd sweat so much at night (it would get really hot) and get a cold anyways!
So I don't really have a solution for this. It doesn't help to put something (like a towel) in front of the AC. Maybe someone can offer advice how not to get a sore throat. The AC, however, cannot be completely turned off.
Disneybine, how did you manage then? It was exactly the same problem, sometimes we were too hot! and we couldn't just sleep well. That was certainly a problem.
I know our AC/heat vents at home have a thingy on them that lets you open or close the vents - a little thing on the outside edge of each vent - maybe the ones at the hotel are adjustable too? That way, you could close one or two vents, to lessen the AC without turning on the heat.
I know our AC/heat vents at home have a thingy on them that lets you open or close the vents - a little thing on the outside edge of each vent - maybe the ones at the hotel are adjustable too? That way, you could close one or two vents, to lessen the AC without turning on the heat.
No, I'm pretty sure there was no way to close the vents.
Soaringirl, there was nothing we could do really. We set the AC to a temperature somewhere in the middle for the night so that it wouldn't get too hot or too cold (like 75 degrees or so - sounds like a lot, I know, but it was the only way we could keep the AC from blowing all night...). I should mention that we ended up with a sore throat nonetheless Sorry. Let me know when you figure out a way to prevent that.
Well, thanks anyway. I think I'll do the same, set the AC to a higher temperature.
And yes, I'll let you know how we did!
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Thermostat
You can bypass it anytime and they get a lot of requests for it. So here is the way to do it: On the thermostat push the power button and the down arrow(that adjusts the temp) at the exact same time. If you do this correctly there will be the letters "bp" where the temp numbers usually are. You are now bypassing the sensors in the room. You can then set the temp to whatever you want and it keeps the room that cold whether you are in it or not. He, the maintenance CM, then said that you might have to do this once a day as the thermostat tends to go back to sensor mode after 24 hours. We found that it stayed on bypass for a couple of days at a time. It was great to come back to a cold room or not wake up in the middle of the night in a sweat again. The CM that did this for us said it was no problem doing this as they do it for people all the time.
Thermostat
You can bypass it anytime and they get a lot of requests for it. So here is the way to do it: On the thermostat push the power button and the down arrow(that adjusts the temp) at the exact same time. If you do this correctly there will be the letters "bp" where the temp numbers usually are. You are now bypassing the sensors in the room. You can then set the temp to whatever you want and it keeps the room that cold whether you are in it or not. He, the maintenance CM, then said that you might have to do this once a day as the thermostat tends to go back to sensor mode after 24 hours. We found that it stayed on bypass for a couple of days at a time. It was great to come back to a cold room or not wake up in the middle of the night in a sweat again. The CM that did this for us said it was no problem doing this as they do it for people all the time.
Actually, the AC was on all the time anyways at ASMo, no need to bypass it! The problem wasn't that it didn't stay on but that we couldn't shut it off Thanks for posting the info, though
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We had this problem last year at POP, we kept adjusting the thermostat but it was not successful. We just kept it low so it was be cool, if we got too hot, id take a shower before bed or take a swim. Then when we got cooler id put socks on the kids at night and i put the lil one with his blankie and the ones on the bed and I called housekeeping for an extra blanket. This year we really had no problems, it was very cold in our rooms, and it was very hot outside. Only time it got really cold was when we got soaked in the rain and had to go back to the room and we hadnt gotten our luggage yet, due to bell services not delivering in thunder and lightning. That point I took off the kids wet clothes hung them up and used the hair dryer to warm them up, and wrapped them in towels
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Sorry, but you can't turn the AC off. You can only change the temperature. Of course, when you turn it way up, the "AC" will go off but at the same time the heating will go on We had the exact same problem last time. We're not used to AC (not needed around here) so we didn't want it on at night but we also didn't want to turn the temperature up too high because then we'd sweat so much at night (it would get really hot) and get a cold anyways!
So I don't really have a solution for this. It doesn't help to put something (like a towel) in front of the AC. Maybe someone can offer advice how not to get a sore throat. The AC, however, cannot be completely turned off.
We just got home yesterday from our trip and stayed at ASMo with the same problems. We set the thermostat at 70 and still all had a sore throat at one point or another. We're not used to AC being on so much here in New England.
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We had the exact same problem last time. We're not used to AC (not needed around here) so we didn't want it on at night but we also didn't want to turn the temperature up too high because then we'd sweat so much at night (it would get really hot) and get a cold anyways! 
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