Fluro Lights

Not a very efficient way to get light using a mains type inverter. Sure you can use it to charge other things, but if you need to conserve battery capacity a 12v fluoro is substantially more efficient.

All 12v fluoro lights have to have an inbuilt invertor. Fluoro lights will not start below 190vAC. The reason why a 12v DC fluoro light is so much brighter than an equivelent 240vAC fluoro of the same size and wattage powered from an invertor or the mains, is that the inverter in the 12vDC system runs between 5,000Hz and 8,000Hz. Standard mains is 50Hz. You will get 25% more light for no increase in power consumption from a 12v fluoro compared to a 240vAC mains powered fluoro. Not only will you have less battery consumption you will have 25% more light which is always a welcome bonus.