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I think if a hotel billed me for resetting their AC I would throw the bill away and see if they really want to waste their time with collections and court.
It would be the collections agency who's time would be spent in court, not the hotel's. And collection agencies are in the business of collecting debt, so I don't think they would see it as a waste of time.
Whoever is trying to collect on it, unless they have a posted sign to not tamper with the AC controls, with a description of the fines/fees, AND they have a way of proving I was the one who did it, I wouldn't hesitate to dispute a charge like that. Because I've done it a dozen times on small BS charges from companies large and small and 90% of the time the collection or credit hit were successfully dismissed.
Pro-tip on both staying in a hotel or renting an apartment: take a video tour real fast on your way in and out. It's one thing to dispute something harmless you did do, it's quite another disputing actual damages that someone else did. If nothing else you get a little vacation clip to remember your stay.
Afaik when talking about computers you can be charged by acessing some thing (a site or a feature) that you know you are not supposed to. The same logic may apply here. If you got into an hotel, the unit was lockedand you used some trick to get it to do what you want, it could be illegal. They do not need a sign