I really like what you all are saying about the Vestas - they sound perfect. I haven't come across any info on the next gen Vesta's - any idea when they would come out? What gen are the 130lm/w? Just trying to get some more info so I can track them myself.

Sorry, I was looking at the wrong strips. I see Bridgelux Vestas strips at 26.3v (looking at BXEB-TL-2750G-3000-A-13) but this only brings up more build questions. I presumably could run these 2s2p as well right? It looks like they would be bumping up to the max voltage of the PS (53v) but that's ok...

While I would love to use those, I don't see any with voltages that match my -48a supply. Other than that, does the overall build seem like it would work? I don't want to blow anything up.

I have been gifted an HLG-120h-48a (total amps of 2.5a and voltage range of 43-53v) power supply by a friend and I am thinking of using this to add some side lighting. I was wondering if I could use it to power 4 Samsung F strips (3500, 80) wired 2 series, 2 parallel (2s2p). From the samsung calcula...

The EB2 strips might work - the spec sheet says that the minimum voltage is 18.5v which what you have. I found my EB2 strips for $4 each so probably worth it to try it out if you can find them that cheap. That said, see if you can find a 19.5v laptop charger - my is from Dell but they seem to be fai...

What do you mean inline with yours? And I thought you were running a 2' not a 1' strip? I just mean that we are both seeing 35% more amps going into the strips than the datasheet says, regardless of the size of the strip (.51A vs. .375A for me & .95A vs. .7A for you). I do not have a 20v although t...

True but that is inline with mine - spec sheet puts the one footers around .375A for 19.6v but I am pulling .510, both are ~35% more than their data sheet estimate. I remember reading in the "DIY LED Strip Build Designs" post that they speculated that these might be capable of higher amperage.

I was able to wire a 19.5v Dell laptop power supply directly to a 2-foot Bridgelux EB Gen2 strip without issues. My meter shows a steady 19.6v. It's been stable and just slightly warm for over a week running nonstop now. I plan on getting a bunch more of these strips to run in parallel off this pow...

Have you tested the voltage that the power supply is outputting? Maybe it is putting out an additional 1v. I persevered last night and finally got one strip up and running. I tested and it was pulling 19.6v initially and got up to .51A before shutting it down for the night. I need to test it again o...

So you are getting 950mA from just one EB2 strip? That is much better than I expected and significantly higher than the spec sheet would indicate. I hope to test my 4x strips on my 19.5 power supply soon - will report back then.