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No. A 12 v battery will actually have a charged peak voltage of 13.54v or 13.58v. A six volt charger will have around a max 7.5v voltage. The 6v charger will think the battery has peaked and will discontinue charging.

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A: YES you can up to 6 volts but since the battery is a 12volts it will be not fully charged but sitting at 6 volts which makes it a worthless 12 volts battery. to charge a 12 volts battery the source must be at least 12 volts. Even though the battery sees 12 volts charging potential it must have a current limiter of a sort to charge it at manufacture specification otherwise it will get hot and eventually fail

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No. The battery will be charged at a rate which is 2* the normal rate. This will cause the battery to overheat which might cause it to explode.

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