# Seasonal Storage

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/seasonal-storage/6241>\
**Category:** Technical Discussions\
**Created:** [July 21, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/seasonal-storage/6241 "2016-07-21T06:15:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Old\_Houseboater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/old_houseboater/32/544_2.png) [@Old\_Houseboater](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Old_Houseboater)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/seasonal-storage/6241/1 "2016-07-21T06:15:34Z")

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Many of our members use their GEM’s only part of the year and store them from 3 to 9 months. Some people use timers, neighbors, etc to keep their battery’s charged. Others leave the battery’s go dead and damage them.

Has anyone tried using 6 of the little $10 “MAINTAINERS” from Harbor Freight or other sources for long term storage.

How did it work out? Opinions? What say you?

Rodney