What's the best way to store the Gem in cold weather?

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I thought that the Gem would wake itself up and charge itself every 14 days if left in the off setting, but there’s nothing about it in the manual.

I wonder if it is better to keep it in the on mode and leave it plugged in all winter. We store it in an unheated shed, so I don’t want the batteries to go down in the cold.

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Depends on the charger. You do NOT want the batteries to freeze so keeping it on maintenance charge is the best idea. I unplug my charger, wait 1 minute or so and then plug it in again. I do this every two weeks during cold storage. I also check water levels monthly.

Al

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Thanks. We have Gel Cells, but I think I will do the unplug and replug thing a lot this winter.

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Mine sits in a unheated garage. I just unplug the charger about once every 2 weeks,then plug it back in after about a minute. I have “after market” Gel Cell batterys in it,and they are fine.