Nothing new, been used in European hotels for many many years. I first saw these in the early 90s on one of my first holidays. Not sure how long before then they have been in use
Yeah, I ran into these in California. Just cut a small piece of cardboard and jam it into it and you have power all the time. There the bathroom lights wouldn’t function unless your key card was in the slot. The problem is when I leave the room I wouldn’t remember the key card. So I bypassed it by wedging the key card sleeve into the hole. You needed power when you were in the room
@@UKsystems at most they would turn off an outlet that could potentially have something plugged into it. Refrigerators would need to be continuously powered . I am fully capable of turning off any appliances I might use. I’m an electrical engineer who was a former electrician. If a circuit can’t stay continuously powered then it wasn’t designed properly. Some of our systems turn on/off several times a minute others a motor or device will stay powered and running for months at a time..
Lowkey genius id be willing to bet a large part of discrepancy Manger have to deal with is them losing their key cards then getting mad when they aren't replaced quick enough
