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You shouldn't be using incandescent lamps at home - let alone in a tent.
Unless you mean they are "40 watt equivalent" - in which case they're actually going to be 7 to 11 watt fluorescent.
A single 20 watt fluorescent is fine for a family-size tent - after all, it's as much as most people have in a 12x12 living room. I usually only have a 9 watt spiral running myself.
That said, even 20 watts is a bit of a luxury when on batteries - almost 2 amps.
Even one or more 4 or 8 watt 12 volt linear fluorescent inspection lamps would do the job - cheap as chips - though curiously not outdoor rated - but at least all the high voltage bits are inside.
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Topic: 12v Battery Inverters powering tent light
