In university I had an air conditioner that would turn off when the power went out (regular occurrence, few minutes), so I'd wake up sweltering or otherwise nee

In university I had an air conditioner that would turn off when the power went out (regular occurrence, few minutes), so I'd wake up sweltering or otherwise needing to get up/interrupted in order to switch it back on (it had a cabled remote/controller) The automation was a clothes peg on the power button.