Motion-activated thermostats in guest rooms?
May 12, 2014 | 4:59 pm
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Motion activated AC? I've never seen that in a US Marriott property, especially a Fairfield Inn. Do you mean one of the standard box units that uses auto fan instead of constant?
Look, hotels are routinely booked to capacity, and most people do wake up in the mornings and take showers, brush their teeth, dry their hair, etc. I'm fairly certain that it wasn't an overuse of power. The fact that you had partial power in the room means it was a circuit outage.
It's a low-end hotel. Open up the window and deal with it.
Look, hotels are routinely booked to capacity, and most people do wake up in the mornings and take showers, brush their teeth, dry their hair, etc. I'm fairly certain that it wasn't an overuse of power. The fact that you had partial power in the room means it was a circuit outage.
It's a low-end hotel. Open up the window and deal with it.
May 12, 2014 | 7:19 pm
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Just got off the complaint line with Marriott - is this an appropriate response?
Honeywell sensor that is connected to the on the wall AC control. I've seen them at many properties in the US. And the window opened 2".
This hotel is actually nicer than a good number of full service marriott properties I've stayed at too.
This hotel is actually nicer than a good number of full service marriott properties I've stayed at too.
May 13, 2014 | 1:20 am
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I've experienced the motion sensor heat/AC control in USA Marriott family hotels. I hate those things.
May 13, 2014 | 10:51 am
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I read here once a possible solution is to tie a helium balloon near the sensor to create motion. Now I have to travel with a balloon? Any other creative ways? Not like this is going away...
May 13, 2014 | 5:52 pm
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What about motion sensor activated lights is a room? Would a "perpetual motion" machine work, like the ball bearings going down a track or the balanced model of a bird bobbing for a drink? I've been thinking about either a coo coo clock or an electric train, but does anyone know whether such toys work?
May 13, 2014 | 6:08 pm
#21
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Wow ... I think I'm at 4,000# nights (all domestic), PP for a decade and I have never experienced a motion detector A/C unit !! Must be lucky 
May 13, 2014 | 6:22 pm
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What about motion sensor activated lights is a room? Would a "perpetual motion" machine work, like the ball bearings going down a track or the balanced model of a bird bobbing for a drink? I've been thinking about either a coo coo clock or an electric train, but does anyone know whether such toys work?
In my one tangle with one, it clicked off constantly and had to get up to reset it. And I toss and turn a great deal.
May 13, 2014 | 6:31 pm
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What about motion sensor activated lights is a room? Would a "perpetual motion" machine work, like the ball bearings going down a track or the balanced model of a bird bobbing for a drink? I've been thinking about either a coo coo clock or an electric train, but does anyone know whether such toys work?
I guess I move enough in my sleep not to have to worry about such things.