The reason I wouldn't use an inverter witha fluorescent light is efficiency.
I try to run all lights and appliances directly off of 12 volts. My laptop
power supply is 12 volts. Otherwise I'm using an inverter to go from 12 to
120 volts, and then the wall transformer to go from 120 back to 12.
Inverters are inherently inefficient. I do have a 12 volt compact
fluorescent light, but the LEDs I have just fit better in the places I want
to use them, and they are also relatively convenient to wire into the van's
battery.

Ed in CT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nile Runge" <njrunge@comcast.net>
To: "'Ed Duntz'" <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 1:36 AM
Subject: RE: LVC adding LED interior lighting

> How about plugging an inverter into the cigarette lighter, then using a
> 120v
> flourescent light (the new kind) on a standard extension cord plugged into
> the inverter?  Easy to do, the inverter has many uses (running the laptop,
> charging batteries, etc.).
>