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Originally Posted by nmcmilla
I am planning to store my Gemini in Palm Springs for a month (December) and I want to come back to fully charged house batteries. From this thread, it looks like I CAN "maintain" the 2 -12 volt batteries (not sure if mine are parallel or in series but saw "the charger will see them as one big battery") and for my purposes I am looking at a solar battery tender -possibly this one: https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/b...rd/transit-350
I'm wondering if the 5 watt panel will provide enough maintenance charge? I plan to have my batteries fully charged when I drop it off at the storage facility (no electric provided but outside). I see for more $$s I can get a 10 watt or even a 15 watt model....any advice would be appreciated.
I guess my other option might be to disconnect the 2 batteries at their terminals (and hope that with no parasitic draw their charge might last 4 weeks) but I'm not that comfortable with wrenches and electricity;-)
Nancy
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5 Watts may not be enough. Ay best it would put 20 to 30 watt-hours a day in the batteries depending on the Sun exposure and angle (or 2 to 3 amp hours in a 12 Volt system). That is not a lot.