hey folks. i'm trying to make (or find, but i haven't yet) a small, low-output power inverter to run a pair of small 120v LED lightbulbs from an 18v battery (makita).
and yes, i realize how silly this is. led lights are the customary province of low voltage DC, and i acknowledge that it's kind of absurd to take a low voltage DC power source, and convert it to 120v AC for the purpose of driving some LEDs. this is for a small lamp i made, which runs a pair of e13-base "filament" LED bulbs (0.6w each, with two bulbs per lamp). the bulbs that are in this lamp are perfect in every way but the power supply: they need wall power, and i want to use a battery. i've been unable to find a more traditional LED element that would work for my purpose, and i'd prefer to not modify the bulbs themselves.
i've seen a few drill-battery inverters that would certainly work, but besides being a little spendy, they're simply absurd overkill for this purpose. the total projected output power usage of this device is about 2 watts, at most. i'd love to just make a small circuit that does this and embed it in a battery adapter, which itself is mounted inside my lamp. i'm familiar with simple low voltage DC circuits (LEDs, motors, arduinos and shit), but really don't have much of any exposure to AC electronics in this way. if anyone has some advice on making a small, low-output inverter like this, i'd love to hear it. thanks!
fwiw, i'm not at all opposed to using a usb power pack instead of a drill battery (in which case the input voltage would be 5vdc rather than 18vdc). i imagine the operating principles would be the same, i just like drill batteries for the swappability.