I have a light that comes out of the back of a machine at work that runs at 12v.
The problem is that when the machine is on the light is off and when the machine is off the light is on. I need to change this somehow.
is an inverter the kind of thing i need? I am willing to pay for something that will work if no one knows of an off the shelf product as i will be needing a few of these
Ask the Chinese, it's their machine after all. Without knowing the details it is really hard to say what is going on inside the machine, or what you might do to change the behavior.