I used to say CFLs and inverters don't get along with each other. I recently changed my mind, at least a little. Some at the shop are going fine after a year or 2 now with 0 problems with the inverters or the CFLs. Not used much. Name brand inverters and CFLs. Could be inverters and CFLs are getting better, or just a long string of bad luck before.
There are 12V 25W class CFLs. Quality of the ones I saw was poor for the price. G-[ Parent ]
Bought two 70w inverters for $13, driving one 18 w CFL shutdown too hot after 45 minutes. Worked after cooled down. Power draw was the same, opened it up, limited Heat sink area, to use would repackage adding heat sink area.
Interesting my Vector 350w used exactly the same power as the 100w, surprising. Expected the 100w to be less. 350W has fan, can drive many CFL at once.
1000w stand by current was 6x higher... forget the numbers.
Have fun, Scott. [ Parent ]
