Build a 40-watt DC-to-AC inverter and power AC appliances from an automobile cigarette lighter. Draws a maximum of 5 amps from the 12-volt supply.
ELECTRONICS EXPERIMENTERS HANDBOOK 1993 pg. 104
Power small appliances from your car or other 12-volt source with this 250-watt inverter.
ELECTRONICS NOW Oct 1992 (v.63#10) pg. 75
Added Info ELECTRONICS NOW Jan 1993 (v.64#1) pg. 12
A 6-volt DC to 110-volt AC inverter circuit is based on a simple astable multivibrator that pushes and pulls its output through the secondary of a 12-volt center-tapped power transformer.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jun 1997 (v.14#6) pg. 69
Experimenting with the 4093 NAND Schmitt trigger. Circuits include oscillator, signal injector, fluorescent-light inverter, fluorescent flasher, Morse code sender, beep-tone generator, LED flasher, and timer.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Feb 1998 (v.15#2) pg. 50
Line power from 12 volts. Build a 40-watt DC-to-AC inverter and power AC appliances from your automobile cigarette lighter.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Apr 1991 (v.62#4) pg. 43