Portable fluorescent tube assembly having low voltage convenience outlet

摘要

A portable fluorescent tube assembly is disclosed having a relatively low voltage electric convenience outlet associated with the assembly. Although higher than normally supplied voltages are needed to initiate the lighting of a fluorescent tube, these voltages are unsuited for energizing still other electrical apparatus which is designed for normally supplied voltages. The circuitry of the present fluorescent tube assembly supplies both relatively high and low voltages at the portable unit itself, so that the tube can be fired to initiate lighting at the relatively high voltage, and yet other electrical apparatus can be energized directly from the portable assembly at a relatively low voltage.