No, it certainly is NOT. I verified that the temperature was much more
warmer and humid in that particularly days when the air conditioning was
turn off, in those hours. I also make sure the thermostat was set to turn on
the air conditioner. The air was blowing, but the air blown is not cooled.
"grusl" wrote in message
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> ajgy wrote:
> > Please confirm: hotels turn off air conditioning after 2AM and turn back
on
> > by 6AM.
> >
> > Why?
> >
> > I have traveled in Hong Kong and Shenzhen and Vancouver and Seattle for
the
> > pass few years.
>
> They don't turn it off, certainly not at the Mandarin, the Excelsior,
> either of the InterContinentals, the Conrad, or any of the many hotels
> I've stayed at, including cheaper ones like the Newton and the Park.
> What you're probably experiencing is a power-down as the outside
> temperature cools, making the a/c unnecessary. Then in the morning, as
> the sun warms the hotel, it powers up again.
>
> You could reset the thermostat below the night-time minimum temperature
> to keep it on all night. Another option is to turn it off at night and
> rely on the corridor a/c to keep cool, especially outside high summer.
>
> Cheers,
>
> George W. Russell
> Bangalore
>
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