# Crappy design headed for the garbage

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/crappy-design-headed-for-the-garbage/18777>\
**Category:** Share your creations\
**Created:** [April 15, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/crappy-design-headed-for-the-garbage/18777 "2022-04-15T00:38:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/crappy-design-headed-for-the-garbage/18777/1 "2022-04-15T00:38:34Z")

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1.5 hours from prototype, print a part & retrofit with replaceable pin base and pin base LED to replace the failed LED / Driver.

This light is a throw away light, $60 for 5. The new ones are throw away when they fail. This kind of engineering is reprehensible in my mind. Why do we allow this?

![20220414_153036](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/3/3cacca4c759c5ac35738daa0de6beb56f8c62980.png)  
 ![20220414_152635](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/26d28db7a040258214f364d5339b3525b66bf320.png)  
 ![20220414_152451](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/c/c629632a554dc72f4bea6f3d8f98d8a3cca94f47.png)  
 ![20220414_152322](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/c/cb0b3d5f78af14e73c97c910bbdf13308bc43a27.png)

 ![IMG_0421.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/3/383ef7fd80eee64b63225229e761622d65fff4c5.jpeg)