alt.energy.homepower

-> > I'm sceptical about this circuit.
-> ==========================================
-> I'm not. Its sitting in front of me here at the computer., attached to
-> my stepper motor from Skycraft with a crank on the shaft. It runs a
-> 12V incandescent lamp No Problemo. 80ma as I recall. That should run a
-> 7W compact fluorescent. Do they have 12V cfls at home depot?

12V x = . Less than *one* watt.

A lot of buses have fluorescent lights in their interiors, presumably
running off 12 or maybe 24 volts. I think they use some sort of
inverter and transformer to step the voltage up.

dow