That's no good for car use because your vehicle can typically only power 12V DC (direct current). The inverter allows you to use normal Christmas lights by changing the DC current to a useable AC ...

The inverter converts the vehicle’s 12V DC power to standard 120V AC power that most Christmas lights require. Once the Christmas lights are plugged into the inverter, the car becomes a plug-and ...

To make AC lights work on your car’s DC power, you just find a power inverter that plugs into your car's cigarette lighter, which converts the vehicle's 12V DC power to standard 120V AC power ...

I brought a few of them home and mounted them to my garage ceiling, for use as work lights. I have a meaty 50-amp, 12-volt-DC power supply, to run my junked-Winnebago-sourced propane furnace, so I ...