Hotel Air Conditioner Fan Hack
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- Опубліковано 24 жов 2016
- How to set typical (Amana) hotel air conditioners so the fan stays on all the time. The older models would do this if you put the fan on "High" or "Low", but the new ones usually do not. Why do you want the fan on? Either for the air, or for the white noise. White noise from the fan masks background noise and helps you sleep better.
Be sure to put settings back where you found them. Don't change any configuration settings except C2 (fan).
In the video, the unit happens to be set to "heat". This hack works exactly the same for "cool".
5 years later and you still make a difference in people lives! THANK YOU
6 years now!
You sir, are a hero. From someone who lives on the road 100+ days a year and has bought a white noise maker to cope with morons in the room next door -- this is amazing. Thank you!
I live on the road 300 days out of the year. You saved so many sleepless nights tossing in the heat and annoying noises. You are a god among men!
Still coming back to this video after many years with this type of ac. Figured I'd have learned the process by now 😂 but thank again!!
Not surprised. I look at it myself in hotels to remember the drill. That's one reason I made it. I figured I would forget how to do it.
Thank you!!!!! I’m sitting here at 2:15 am wide awake! I cannot sleep without some kind of fan going all the time lol.
I was having the same problem at around the same time. AC working now, no more cutting off in 1min
Did you sleep ??
I'm at the Hampton Inn, sweating, and now, much to my delight, I shall sleep soundly! Many thanks, sir!!
Like others here have said... This tutorial is a godsend for us on-the-road folks. The white noise is much needed for the cheaper hotels which turn off the ALWAYS ON fan in the first place.
I myself also stay in a hotel around 200 nights a year and yes your hack was very helpful thank you for making the time to make this video I just wish I had one of your videos for every model of air conditioner awesome job simple and straight to the point
Literal gentleman and scholar. Couldn’t sleep at all last night with it going off an on every 30 seconds! So psyched to sleep like a baby tonight! Thank you!!
Wow thanks for this. I stumbled on the menu for these units in a manual. C8 and C9 control the cooling temperature limit and the heating temperature limit. Lots of cheap hotels will set them so they can't cool below 72 or heat above 75. You can now change them back to 60 and 90 if you'd like.
SuperMrgentleman Thanks! Now i can sleep cold like I want. You are awesome for sharing this info!
Confirmed. Checked the C8 portion and it was already on 60. Shoutout to Hilton.
Thanks man. Needed the constant noise . Staying at a cheap ass hotel and hear the music from someones phone that sounds pretty close to my door .
Works like a champ.
THANK YOU!! You've given myself and my family a much more restful nights sleep than we would have otherwise had.
C1 is used to configure the unit to run with a wired thermostat if you change the setting to L5 it will lock you out of the unit while displaying ON and you will then have control Via Thermostat.
Thank you so much!Now I can get some sleep tonight!Air was literally turning off and on every 10-15 minutes.Now it stays on constantly!You sir are a life saver:)
Glad it helped!
Thank you! I hate when it shuts off and it's dead silent in the room. You are a hero.
Hey hoffmann
Dude this vid deserves just as many likes as its views. I'm always in hotels due to me having to travel for work and the units are by far the most annoying thing because most of them shuts off and come back on for a short period of time. I lost a lot of sleep due to that.thanks.
12jmlnv7 all you have to do is lift the cover to get the manual. It's usually inside and covers this and other settings you might want to adjust for your comfort.
@@CybekCusal no
I just tried this in a hotel in New Jersey. It worked like a charm.
This may be an old video, but this still works. I tried it once it didn't work cuz I didn't do it correctly, so I gave up. I clicked on this video cuz it's the actual same air conditioner I'm using in motel atm and this really helped. Got hot in middle of night... on Winter time omg. Thank you
it's 5am, the fan kept shutting off all night. i'm a light sleeper so the sound of it shutting off would wake me up. in a desperate attempt to fix this, i googled and found this video. thank you so much. liked and subscribed, you deserve it.
Thanks! Still works in 2022, and I'm by an airport. Can't thank you enough.
People seem amazed that a video made 6 years ago still works. That air conditioner design is probably older than UA-cam, and hasn't changed much. Heck, some of the A/C units in hotel rooms are probably older than UA-cam. Glad it helped.
You're a hero. I'm a Flight Attendant so I'm always in hotels with these types of AC's. I HATE Them because there's not an always running button. I'll make sure to tell all my fellow Flight Attendants about this!
Thank you this worked great in my hotel room! Don't have to listen to the annoying people next to me anymore.
Everyone has a purpose in life and I see yours is helping others, Thank you! you helped me.
I usually carry a portable fan with me when I go on trips. I didn't want to lug one in my suitcase this time. Thanks for the info.
Use a fan app. I've been using one for months or I use the live stream fan noise here on UA-cam. No ads with that.
Stayed at a hotel this weekend and it completely shut off at 5am. I mean, OFF. Not only that, no matter what buttons I pressed, I couldn't turn it back on. This video helped me, worked like a charm.
last year I had this problem... A) the fan was loud. B) it was this unit. Thanks for helping me deal that for future stays.
Another THANK you from this road warrior! You made this week much easier to deal with.
Bro you dropped this 👑
Thanks! It worked and now I don’t have to hear the awful traffic outside!
Thank you sir. I hate it when hotels don't let you keep the fan on all of the time. Need that white noise when I live in a hotel M-F every week.
Thank you for this video. Greatly appreciated. I live on the road the majority of the year and can't sleep when the ac unit keeps turning off and on
I'm at a shitty motel right now and this tip is the silver lining to an otherwise uncomfortable night's sleep. Thanks!!
Hey man,thank you so much, you just help me fix a ton of problems. Stinky room,bad asthma, needed that fan running!!!!
OMG! Of all the years I've been traveling and had cheap models with these crappy units this is a godsend.
I really hope this does the trick!!!! I can’t sleep without white noise, and last night was hell. Here’s to hoping it works!!!
One of the most useful videos I always come back to.
Your a life saver! The sound masks are the crazy people outside.
Thanks! Apart from me wanting constant white noise, my room was just getting very stuffy from it only needing to run for about a minute every half hour.
Thank you so much! This hack is mind blowing to me and my friend who work in maintenance. This is a must know for hotel stays.
Found this after an hour of trying to go to sleep and the fan going on and off every 3 minutes for 1 minute. Thank you!!!
Wow, this is neat! Now, in our case, we wanted to tell the fan not to come on at all, because it keeps turning itself on periodically, just for a few seconds. But, this is still really neat!!
"A" will run the fan even when the unit is off and hotel staff might catch on. Just turn it to ON instead of AU and the fan will actually shut off when you turn the unit off
Works at the spring hill suites in San Antonio! Fan always on. I owe you a beer.
I come refer to this video at least 3x a year! I’m so thankful it exist!
You're welcome. And, I appreciate your comment.
Thank you so much man. You saved my life down here in South Carolina.
This is the best thing I've ever seen. Thank you from a light sleeper!
Thank you so much for this video! I had no idea you could change the settings and this will help me sleep so much better! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Holy clutch. Sitting in a hotel in Virginia, 90 degrees, sun burnt to hell and junk AC. You saved me
I have this exact model unit in tonight's hotel and hacked it according to your video. Works like a charm now. Awesome video and THANK YOU!!
Saved me! Next to a busy road, noisy tv next store and this video comes and saves my night! Thank you thank you
I stayed at three hotels recently. The first one was just like the one in the video, but had the fan already programmed to stay on. The next one was similar to the one in the video, but had a "Constant Fan" button which worked as advertised. The third one was controlled by a wall-mounted thermostat which had a fan button labeled LOW-AUTO-HIGH; the LOW and HIGH positions kept the fan on. So, maybe the manufacturers and hotel managers are getting the idea that customers want to be able to keep the fan on.
Thank you so much for this comment! I tried the buttons in your video, but they didn’t work. It wasn’t until I read this comment that I noticed that our model has the “Constant Fan” mode. Thank you for looking into this for us!
@@TryMyMartini it jus locks the constant fan mode... Some models have it turn off after 6 hrs
Thanks.. you just saved us from moving rooms for the third time.
Thankyou! Staying in microtel with possibly the worlds thinnest walls,and working nights. This will help!
YES!!! I travel for work. I’ve left so many fans when checking out.... plus the downside of carrying a fan with a car full of luggage. Thank you so much!! #Shared
You are my hero of the day😭i thought it wasn’t gonna stay on forever and stumbled apon this mighty video(:
Thank you ! It worked when I had both buttons pressed and hit off twice.... ! Thank you again !
I work in a hotel that has Amana ptacs. Thanks for the info on how to change them back to auto. I have gotten complaints in the past about the constant fan on. Ptacs are not my strong point and hotel had no documents on them, so this helps a lot.
Hit me up for tips and tricks if you need them, I may not respond immediately, but I will, ..Grampa Hospitality. 🤓
This is the best thing I have ever found on youtube. thank you so much.
You saved my sleeping life dude. Thank you soo much.
Thank you I was in a hotel room fan was always running no matter what I appreciate this video
Not all hero’s wear capes...then again we never saw him so maybe he was. 🤔
Dude you are a legend. Now I can sleep thank you so much
Thank you so much. I'm in the road alot and you seriously helped me get sleep
Glad I could help
Thank you!!!!! The white noise helps me a ton.
Now I can finally sleep in hotels! Literally thank you SO much!
Thanks for sharing! Now I can sleep, you rock!
I love you bro ! 😂🎉. I’ve stayed in so many hotels and had such crappy sleep because the fan wouldn’t stay on lol. You legit just made me so happy I just did this and it worked ! Lol thank you again !! 🎉😅😂
No problem!!
I do this all the time but the hotel I'm in had the manual missing so thanks for the info. I didn't have it memorized.
Thank you! I have this in my apartment and it was costing me so much every month I had to keep it completely off.
Just FYI, Running the fan or not running the fan doesn't make a huge difference in electricity usage. The usage of the compressor is controlled by the thermostat. The actual heating or cooling function uses much more electricity than the fan. Seems like a lot of people misunderstand that.
I have figured out another way to have a constant fan on with that same (or at least a very similar) model.
>Hold down the "OFF" button for a few seconds
>The display screen will show an "L"
>Then press the "COOL" button
-The fan should then kick on with nothing displayed on the screen and with nothing lit up.
- It will run like that until you press the "OFF"(power)button..
- I am not sure what this mode is called or what is the purpose of it, but it seems to do the trick and is a little more straightforward than the method shown in the video, since it only takes pressing 2 buttons to do, and it doesn't require one to go back through the menu and deactivate it when they're done. My method turns off (and the AC is back to normal) once someone presses the "OFF" (power) button.
-Just passing on some helpful information for whoever may want it.
Great find! I'll have to try that. So, to be clear, do you end up with the fan AND the compressor running for cooling?
@@ajmexico To be honest, I am not sure if it is just the fan that stays on or both the compressor and the fan. I believe it was both, but I am no longer there so I can't double check now. Sorry, I wish I had more info. Have a good day though.
Yup.... Truly a hero. You are amazing...... Saved my whole life. I love you.
You saved my night!!! Thanks so very much!!!
Dude awesome! Thank you. I’m still curious what the other configuration items do lol...
GENIUS. Solved my problem instantly.
Awesome! Worked perfectly! THANK YOU!
Just did this at my hotel tonight. Thank you sir!
B Thomas haha me too!
How do you get the AC to turn on when it is displaying “timer” it won’t turn on or nothing. I’ve unplugged it and reconnected and still nothing
Hell yeah man I travel a ton for work and this works great I just fixed mine
Thank you, you just saved my night!
Wow. This video will never die! So usefull.
Some have ON instead of the A but works the same.
Thanks. The one I'm in now didn't have a A so I was scared to mess with something else!
You saved my life. Thank you.
Best video ever! I’ll have a good nights sleep now!
My life is better with this video in it. Adding some tags for others who are on the road all the time: IHG, Holiday Inn, Constant Fan, Fan Noise, Candlewood Suites, Holiday inn Express, AC fan, A/C Fan.
You just helped me save someone at the hotel i work at from a very hot n gross night. Good man!!!
Thank you so much for this tip!!
Thanks very much sir! Works like a champ!
Great video, thank you very much.
You saved my week at a bad motel. Thank you
Thanks man, just did it worked perfectly!
Thank you 🙏!! You are a sleep saver
You have saved me. Thank you so much dude.
Thanks a lot. I’ve been going nuts trying to shut this thing off in my hotel room
Thank you I can get a better night of sleep now. Then when checkout’s here I’ll just put it back the way it was
Very helpful thank you!
You just saved me. Thank you so much for this video
I literally just tried it and it works.....you have earned a sub👍
You're a musical genius! Thanxxxxxx!!!!!!
I love you. I cannot explain how much I freaking love you right now. Thank you thank you thank you.
This video literally saved my life.
Bro your massive help. I was about to lose my mind trying to get some sleep in this hotel.
Your worth your weight in gold tonight!