I have a cheap battery charger that I have had for a long time. It's rated at 3 amp/12 VDC. I've used it over the years to keep a variety of lead acid car batteries charged during periods of battery inactivity. It's worked fine for that, as far as I can tell.
The markings on the charger are:
input 60 cycle .6 amp 117 VAC output 12 VDC 3 amp Full wave rectifier
If I put a digital voltmeter on the charger leads, when the leads are NOT connected to anything, I show a reading of 13.56 VDC
I have a real small "nominal" 12 volt lead acid motorcycle battery, rated at 10 amp/hour.......that I want to charge. I'm told I should use a maximum of 1 amp current to charge this little battery.
Is there a quick and dirty way to adapt my 3 amp charger so that it's limited to 1 amp for this cycle battery? Keep in mind that the charger is a cheap one, and almost for sure not sophisticated in any manner.
Thank you...... Lee Carkenord