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tawa:
I also found a 110vac to 12vdc cig lighter adaptor for $3 at Big Lots. BAM! I grabbed one.

tcrenshaw:
I've been considering use of CCFL lamps instead the alternatives for efficient home lighting. I ordered a 24" CCFL lamp and 12v inverter from http://www.elwirecheap.com for $26.50 including shipping. I received the lamp yesterday so I haven't played with it a lot. I can say that the output of this one lamp is about the same at a 20 to 30 watt incandescent light. I run it off of an adapter with an output of 12v at .3A. This runs the lamp fairly bright and with no flicker. The CCFL lamp seems to be very efficient. The lamp color (white) is more a bluish color very much like the old fluorescent lights. Some people are bothered by this bluish color. It doesn't bother me. The level of light is fairly high for the amount of power being used. I haven't tried reading with this light yet but I don't expect any surprises. I plan on buying at least three more lamps and then I'll set them up to replace the four 40 watt incandescent lights in my bathroom. This'll be the second part of my testing to see if they will work as well as I hope. If they do work well then I'll be using them to replace many of the lights through out the house. The initial cost is high but the life of the lamp is 15 to 20,000 hours. I did get a kick out of connecting the lamp inverter directly to my 12v/40watt solar panel and it lit the lamp without any problem at all. In my future home in the back country these might be the only electric lamps in the house possibly with supplemental reading lamps of kerosene or oil. Only one caution, if you order from ElWireCheap, don't expect anything for customer service, they stink. They don't answer emails or phone calls. The order was delivered in 10 days including weekends and Christmas even though it had a two day shipping. During that time though I couldn't get an answer from anyone at ElWireCheap as to when the order was shipped. The product does seem to be fair quality. I may search for another merchant though.

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