It depends on how fancy it is.
The one I have that really annoys me has three basic components plus the basic battery charger.
The positive terminal is isolated from the battery clamp by both a diode and a relay.
The relay is triggered by the battery to be charged and has a diode to detect if it is hooked up backwards and prevent the relay from engaging the charger.
This is really annoying because if the battery does not have some life it wont charge, and because it is cheap junk it does not have a override switch to get things going. AHHHrg!
Yes, a normal charger will work just fine.
A 12 volt battery charger is designed to charge 12 volt batteries.The answer to the Related Question explains how any battery charger works.
Any 12 volt battery charger will work just fine.
Sorry, but that is not likely to work. Both the voltage and amperage provided by a charger for a laptop battery will not be correct for a car battery. It is likely that you will damage the charger.
No it will not work
there are several ways you could get a charger to shut off, most of them use a circuit that detects when the draw amps get low indicating the battery has full charge. when the battery fills with electrons a back pressure or resistance goes up
i have been using a wall charger for about 1.5 years, and my ipod and its battery still work fine
Some have a switch for 6 or 12V - if not you will "cook" a 6 volt battery using a 12 Volt charger
A battery float charger is intended only to keep a fully charged battery from losing its charge. It will NOT work to charge a battery that is discharged or damaged. Check the voltage of the battery to be charged. Do not use charger if the battery voltage is less than 9.6 volts.
The Lenmar CRV-3 Replacement Li-ion Battery and Charger will work with the CRV-3 camera battery and costs around $25.
There is no fool proof way. Get a new battery if putting it on a slow charger does not work.
NiMH batteries will need an NiMh battery charger,no other type will work.