I would look for 12-volt LED lights (or make them by gutting flashlights) rather then CFL. LEDs use even less electricity then CFLs. If your objective is to reduce power consumption, LEDs will do it more then CFL will.

But they will also give less light. TNSTAAFL




It’s hard to find 12-volt flashlight heads (the LEDs themselves) but quite common to find 6-volt flashlight heads. These could be used with a cell phone 12-volt cigarette lighter charger. Most cell phones run on 5.2 volts, this is perfect for 6’volt LEDs. As all chargers are just a bit over-ranged in voltage.

You can find these chargers at garage sales all the time for $1.00 I have lots of them I have bought and save for projects.

I gutted a table lamp and turned it into a 6-volt battery powered light. I also made it so it runs off a wall charger (an old cell phone charger) and a 12-volt cigarette charger. Here is the thread of the project, it explains some about how it was done.




http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=11482&Number=139520#Post139520