My hotel guests keep leaving their air-con units on when they leave their rooms . . .

I need some of these:

http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/card...ing-Switch.html

Any ideas where I can buy them before my electricity bill bankrupts me?

Simon

Do your rooms already have keycard locks? Perhaps you could contact VingCard (or the supplier) for recommendations?

I'm one of the perpetrators who always trys to figure out a way to beat these things- especially if the shut off all the electricity in the room. When I leave a hotel room in the evening, I like to leave some lights and the TV on, to give the room an "occupied" feeling, which encourages thieves to try a different room than mine.

The one in the website you illustrate is the easiest to beat... Tsutaya Video member card does the job!

I don't mind the TV and lights - it's the air-con which eats up the electricity, (especially if all 10 rooms have these on all day and set to 18 degrees.....).

No, I don't have a keycard ssystem. I just need to rewire my air-con supply via some sort of proximity/magnetic switch.

Simon

Power savers are not a minor investment because behind them you need the control box to make sure things like the mini-bars etc keep running when the power is off.

Depending on the type of key holder you have there are ways to get mechanical rather that electronic switches made which are a lot cheaper, although easier to circumvent.

Vingcard is a solution but their support is next to useless, Onity are a bit pricey but they do produce the goods. PM or email me if you would like some contact numbers.

Dibuk Rd in Phuket Town, near the corner with Yaowarat Rd.

E.Phuket - thanks for that info, I'll check them out.

Slackula, I wired all the guest rooms myself, so I'm aware of the overall wiring schematic. The air-cons use their own dedicated supply from the room consumer unit. So it is easy for me to 'interrupt' that mains supply with the appropriate sort of switch, and not affect the supply to the TV, minibar etc.

Simon

I have one aircon unit running 24 hours a day in my condo and never have my electricity bill go over 3000 Baht a month. That is just 100 Baht a day. Why don't you just keep your guests happy and raise your rent 100 Baht a day. If a hotel has one I can't get around, I usually offer management 100 baht and they will give me a spare key so I can keep the card in the slot all day. Never been turned down yet.

keeping the A/C on 24 / 7 is one of my priorities.

if 'another card' will not keep the a/c on, I tell the desk I left my key card in my room & need another key card.

every time .. always .. without fail.

Thai hotel A/C is generally minimalist .. return to a hot room & it may take a long time for it to reach a minimal FARANG temp ..

remember many of us farangs are not from the tropics, it rarely hits 18C where I live.

a 21-22C room is barely acceptable.

unusual is my room guest that does not complain 'too cold'.

sorry ..

Can a simple trip switch not be allocated to the specific supply to the air con ?