{"id":1624,"date":"2023-09-28T15:42:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2023-09-28T15:42:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:42:21","slug":"hotel-ac-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1624","title":{"rendered":"Hotel AC Hack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So I’ve been traveling regularly since forever for work. At least once a week I’m out of town. And I only just thought of this last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some hotels have ‘governors’ on the AC in the room – meaning, you can only go down to a certain temp … no more. I love sleeping COLD, and sometimes this is a pain in the ass. I even have a OneNote on hotels in cities I frequent so I don’t make the same mistake of staying at hotel for this very reason (and others).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night was a new hotel for me and as I was gearing up for bed and getting the thermostat to <65, I realized this was such a room … limit was 68. Ugh. I stared at the thermostat for bit and had a thought: “this is just a circuit board surrounded by plastic. I bet there’s a way to override the board.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I googled. Lo and behold, there’s a whole slew of videos on just how to do this, by manufacturer. It took me about 3 minutes and I had the circuit board reset and the temps down to 64. Boom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are other settings you can adjust, as well – constant fan, disabling motion detection, etc. Just be sure to carry a philips screwdriver (I have a leatherman tread apple watch band<\/a>, which has helped so many times).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a link<\/a> if you’re bored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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