the weather in Porto has been mostly pleasant, and I don't care much for air conditioning
but something was puzzling me in this hotel room: it looked like every time I opened the balcony door, ventilation got stronger and noisier. that made no sense: if anything, air conditioning should work with the door closed, not open.
today, when I finally asked about it and learned how to control the AC, I realized it had been turn off all this time (great!), but that there is something on the balcony door meant to stop the AC from working when the door is open.
the problem seems to be that it is a toggle. so, for guests who leave the AC off, opening the door turns it on. there seems to be no way to turn it off for good.
Alexandre Oliva
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2025-10-01 16:37:03 UTC
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