Harbor Freight Luminar 120 LED Work Light... Any upgrade potential?

[CarbonCrew]

@Cereal_killer

Hey man welcome to BLF! I see you’ve been here a while but onl have 8 posts so you still qualify for a warm welcome lol.

First thing I’ll say is this- 5mm encapsulated LED’s work great for their purpose. A batt upgrade sounds nice but the amount of work to make that take HBLED’s would be straight up retarted. You’re better off starting from scratch that trying to convert that thing. Where would the heat go? Even if there was a heatsink how would it dissipate to air? By the time you build a Heatsink and figure out everything an seal it back up there probably wouldnt be 1% of those parts left. Serously not to be a dick but use that thing how it is and build something from scratch (or atlease find a better host) if you want to upgrading that thing properly.

One other thing- with a non-removable cell like that you might be better off using LiPO pack’s in there, might fit more capacity overall with less weight.

If it were mine I’d leave it as is and use it, I have other lights for other needs, however if I absolutely insisted on upgrading it I beliebe my only changes would be a LiPO foil pack cell and a TP4056 charger housed inside somewhere!

Don’t let my post count fool you. I’ve been getting in trouble with the wife every time I buy a new light or pull a new one apart. Her apathy persists despite my best efforts.

I’d really love to do a battery pack but I don’t think it would be feasible. Ideally, without going too crazy, I’d like to upgrade the run time, color, and beam spread. These 5mm create a large hotspot and I think I’d prefer it to flood a bit more. Plus, the ~6500k gives me the sads. Thanks for the feedback.