I really want to find out what this does

[Exterous]

We're at a hotel in a national park and this is in my room. It's basically a big red button that says "Do not push"

 

[brianmanahan]

this turns on the volcano at yellowstone

 

[Pohemi]

My guess would be some type of ventilation system, but who knows. It could be the soft glow eminating from the toilet bowl?

2nd thought: if they really cared about securing that switch guard, they'd have used Torx screws instead of flatheads, lol.

 

[sdifox]

Self destruct.

 

[Red Squirrel]

On your last day there you should turn it off and put the cover back. Hang out by the lobby see if you can overhear staff talking about something that stopped working.

When I worked at the hospital there was a little blue button on a face plate on the wall. Nobody knew what it did but I was always curious. I told myself that on my last day there I would push it. I chickened out and never did it though.

It may have possibly been to call a code blue, but it's odd something like that would not be labeled. There was a FM200 system in there but it had a fairly large mushroom button that was quite clear into what it did.

 

[Exterous]

this turns on the volcano at yellowstone

Well bad news for all the tourists then

 

[highland145]

Probably easier/cheaper to add the cover vs fixing it right.

You in Europe again?

 

[highland145]

Well bad news for all the tourists then

Fuck em. Will open up the traffic for our visit next year.

 

[Exterous]

Probably easier/cheaper to add the cover vs fixing it right.

You in Europe again?

Not yet. Maybe next year

 

[IronWing]

Lock out/tag out but they forgot the tag. Flip the switch and you kill someone, somewhere.

 

[Exterous]

This is on the opposite wall. Probably related

 

[highland145]

Lock out/tag out but they forgot the tag. Flip the switch and you kill someone, somewhere.

Can we pick who?

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

What's on that you cannot turn off?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Looks like a jolly, candy like button

 

[snoopy7548]

It dispenses hookers and blow if you flip it. They put the shield on because people would dispense too many hookers and blow too often.

 

[brianmanahan]

Well bad news for all the tourists then

it's not just them that are gonna have a bad time

 

[lxskllr]

Don't care. Can't see it from my house.

 

[MrSquished]

I would flip it. It's the master switch for the Matrix program the aliens have our simulation running on. It needs a reboot. The last couple years show that the program has gone off the rails - Trump, Pandemic, Q-Anon. Save us!

 

[Spacehead]

Ask other visitors if they have a similar switch in their rooms?

It dispenses hookers and blow if you flip it. They put the shield on because people would dispense too many hookers and blow too often.

Can you really have too many/much hookers & blow?

 

[skull]

Is the HVAC system close? Things like that are required to have a disconnect for the service tech. Like having a switch over the kitchen counter that shuts the dishwasher off. More than likely for something like that, that doesn't get shut off unless somethings wrong. Might just power an outlet that was supposed to be for a lamp but the tvs plugged into it now...

 

[Murloc]

I'm going to bet it's about the HVAC system. Like if you turn off the fan mold starts growing or the bathroom has no ventilation at all anymore, so they don't want customers to do it.

I've seen this one before on a clothres room drying/blowing machine where once the optimal setpoint was dialed, you didn't want non-service technicians to mess with it again, but rather just turn it off and on with the other switch.

Might just power an outlet that was supposed to be for a lamp but the tvs plugged into it now...

they usually leave those uncovered, it's not like anything can happen and people are usually quick at figuring out quirky hotel rooms.

 

[Captante]

 

[Scarpozzi]

I installed a mini-split in my house. The contractor that did the HVAC install didn't have an electrician because he had quit, so I ran the wire for them and had the code guys from my city office approve it. (I've taken/passed the exams to be able to do that) I had to install a switch on the wall that kills the power to the inside unit. There's a cut off outside too, but this switch basically severs the voltage that's coming in from the downstairs line. So...in case someone is working on it, they can kill the power and know it was done because they're in the room with the switch. The only problem....if you flip the switch on accident inside, the outside unit will be stuck in whatever state it's in....so if it's running, it'll never get the signal to stop and it could freeze up. This is why they typically either put one of those kinds of things on them or bypass the switch altogether. It's a stupid code, but is meant to keep someone from getting zapped.

 

[skull]

I installed a mini-split in my house. The contractor that did the HVAC install didn't have an electrician because he had quit, so I ran the wire for them and had the code guys from my city office approve it. (I've taken/passed the exams to be able to do that) I had to install a switch on the wall that kills the power to the inside unit. There's a cut off outside too, but this switch basically severs the voltage that's coming in from the downstairs line. So...in case someone is working on it, they can kill the power and know it was done because they're in the room with the switch. The only problem....if you flip the switch on accident inside, the outside unit will be stuck in whatever state it's in....so if it's running, it'll never get the signal to stop and it could freeze up. This is why they typically either put one of those kinds of things on them or bypass the switch altogether. It's a stupid code, but is meant to keep someone from getting zapped.

Yeah thats one of those gray areas while techincally a disconnect is required, those mini split communicating wires aren't supposed to be spliced either. I've only done a couple mini splits and thats one of the very rare things I skip the code book on.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Yeah thats one of those gray areas while techincally a disconnect is required, those mini split communicating wires aren't supposed to be spliced either. I've only done a couple mini splits and thats one of the very rare things I skip the code book on.

Yeah. It's funny how many things people gripe about when it comes to building codes, but most of the time....the codes are right. The room is about 750 square feet and has lots of light fixtures....since I have kids, I had to give them a speech about not touching the black switch, but I purposefully got a black switch to put on the wall and installed it above my light switch panel (that has 6 white switches for lights in the room). It's pretty obvious that you shouldn't touch it. =P