Mercury Vapor with Inverter

[James Hanlon]

Has anyone tried running a 175 watt, 120 volt mercury vapor light (BioQuip)
off their car using a DC/AC power inverter? Jerry Larsen of BioQuip
(Resource Excellence!), says the 175 watt mercury light draws a lot of power
(3 amp draw), and he had trouble keeping the light going once when he tried
an inverter.

That may have been with an earlier model. Perhaps the inverters are more
powerful now? Running off viagtricity or something :).

Target advertises a 400-Watt, 110 volt, AC power inverter, which converts
the car's cigarette lighter to 110 volts AC power (that's 10 volts shy, does
it matter?).

The objective is the ability to black light with a mercury vapor light while
on the road, in true road warrior fashion of course, without having to lug
around a heavy generator.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Jim Hanlon
Los Angeles, CA