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adapters for tapping electricity from fluorescent bulb sockets?

I am wondering if there are any "adapters for tapping electricity from fluorescent bulb sockets". ?

I park my car in the basement garage of the building and there are no electrical wall outlets anywhere. However just above my car is a fluorescent bulb :) I have been searching the google for some kind of adapter that you can just temporarily fit into the bulb socket (remove the bulb first of course) and then voila 120v electricity out to run your vacuum cleaner, car polisher and what not. When you are done, screw the bulb back in place and go on your way. This dilemma alone sometimes wish I own my own home instead of living in a building apartment.

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Joseph
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In article , snipped-for-privacy@canada.com (known to some as Joseph) scribed...

None that I've ever heard of. The issue is that the sockets are not directly connected to AC power. Fluorescent tubes require a ballast (a type of transformer or electronic device to fire up the tubes), and it is the outputs of such a device that feed the sockets.

Now, if you can find the outlet that the fluorescent fixture in question is plugged into (or supposed to be plugged into, anyway)...

Happy hunting.

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Dr. Anton T. Squeegee

There is no such thing, since the sockets you plug the tube into don't have 120 on 'em.

There's a lot more to firing up a fluorescent light than "apply electricity". Part of the process involves a transformer, or an electronic equivalent, and what comes out of it is usually a small fraction of an amp - 300-500 mA is coming to mind as being typical - Not enough to run any of the items you listed, since a motor of any useful size for such items is going to want multiple amps, even when not under any significant load.

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Don Bruder

What an odd coincidence... I just said pretty much the same thing :)

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Don Bruder

I don't know what type socket is that. Is it plain US screw type socket or rectangular 2pin socket? In later case the ballast is hidden somewhere and first case ballast is builtin the lamp. If U have screw type socket then there are 2-3 way adaptors availble in hardware electrical shops. In India we have buyonet type sockets and we use such adaptors frequently.

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psdayama

No.

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Charles Schuler

Solar panel + battery + a mains inverter?

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CWatters

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