Originally Posted by
Rebelyell
I'm just curious what's going on here. I just don't understand why a hotel would refuse to turn on its air conditioner if it is needed. Likewise, sometimes I'm given to understand that the HVAC units in Europe need some type of complex seasonal adjustment and once it is switched to cooling, heat is precluded until another complex adjustment is done. I must say I've never heard of such in the United States and am puzzled as to how or why this would be so common in Europe. At my home I just flip a switch and sometimes use both the heater and air conditioner in the same day in the spring and fall.
I certainly have heard of it in the United States, I lived in an apartment building for several years which didn't follow a specific date, but rather debated each year as to whether the weather had turned enough to switch from one to the other. Sometimes, they got it wrong, and sometimes, the weather was just so changeable that you had to grin and bear it until the weather settled down.