The invention relates to a universal quick charger for recharging primary or secondary electrolytic members, in particular alkaline batteries with a non-rechargeable reputation, that can receive and automatically recharge a variable number of members without manual switching, that further comprises a switching transistor for hashing the recharge current in order to impart thereto a pumped characteristic, and that further comprises a microprocessor for automatically detecting the number and the nature of the members to be recharged, for supervising the recharging using a routine for continuously measuring the voltage at the terminals of the members as well as the time elapsed since the beginning of the recharging, said microprocessor being further used for deciding to stop the recharging when a criterion of the supervision routine is validated.