costco thor longer run times/smaller bulb

I reciently bought the costco 15m thor. (I also have a 3m spotlight) The 3m is plenty of light. I would like to get the thor to run longer even if it has a lower light out put. My thought was to put a smaller bulb in it but dont know if it will realy change the run time that much, or be worth it.

Would a 60/55 give me about 2x the run time or am I thinking about this wrong. It seems like everyone is tring to get more light with less/ same runtime out of these.

Thanks

I swapped the 130 watt bulb in my Thor with a 60/55 watt replacement. She's still very bright and yes, the runtime just about doubles (to almost one hour.)

While I like all that throw, for me the light is better suited as a work or area light, than a spotlight for search (primarily because of the short runtime with the stock bulb.) IMHO, the lower wattage makes the light more practical due to the increased runtime.

If I can find a suitable diffuser for this light, it will make an even better, portable worklight.

That's if I don't find a HID kit to install in it. :devil:

pick out a good quality 60/55W (like a GE nighthalk) and you won't loose all that much brightness, but will gain lots of runtime, and will get whiter light.

metalhed said:

If I can find a suitable diffuser for this light, it will make an even better, portable worklight.

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Believe it or not, but Glad Press and Seal wrap on the lens does a GREAT job of diffusing light on the Thor. I'll try to get some beamshots of it tomorrow. Cheers too the guy who discovered that (sorry I can't remember your name).

I would like to second the glad-press-n-seal idea.... I tried it for awhile, and was pleasently suprized by the results. Thankyou (can't remember who).

or you could do the mod that I did: https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/110971

use flood type MR16s, and you have a flood and spotlight all in the same package.