replying to Joe, Dustyknees wrote:
I came to my newly purchased condo this morning and the furnace was blasting.
Must have been 3 digits, took awhile for the thermostat with now new batteries
to get off the "99" mark. I kind of thought that with no batteries it would
just sit idle - but mine floored it!

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