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

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-store-the-gem-in-cold-weather/3920>\
**Category:** GEM Forum\
**Created:** [December 9, 2013, 8:50am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-store-the-gem-in-cold-weather/3920 "2013-12-09T08:50:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/revi/32/441_2.png) [@Revi](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Revi)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 8:50am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-store-the-gem-in-cold-weather/3920/1 "2013-12-09T08:50:10Z")

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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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**Author:** ![arandall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@arandall](https://community.electricforum.com/u/arandall)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-store-the-gem-in-cold-weather/3920/2 "2013-12-17T16:34:39Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Revi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/revi/32/441_2.png) [@Revi](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Revi)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 10:24am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-store-the-gem-in-cold-weather/3920/3 "2013-12-18T10:24:43Z")

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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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**Author:** ![RonS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@RonS](https://community.electricforum.com/u/RonS)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-store-the-gem-in-cold-weather/3920/4 "2013-12-27T17:15:33Z")

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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.