LEDgardener

Looks sharp! It's cool to see some Q series builds. How are you measuring power?

Thanks LG

In a main light build the strips should be a bit closer to each other, I think.

I measured power wtih a watt-meter on the AC side.

Here the shopping list from the build, including shipping, tax and import fees:

9x 1' Q-series strips(bought 10)from Digikey.com = $113
1x Meanwell HLG-60H-C700A from TME.eu = $48
3x 1m aluminium U channels 20mm x 20mm x 2mm from local Bauhaus store = $40
4x Wago connectors and 10m 0,75mm2 solid wire from Conrad Elektronik = $12
1x rool of Ceatech thermal tape 20mm from eBay(USA) = $48
Mountings, nuts and bolts from local hardware store = $7

Total = $268


Shipping, import fees and stuff like thermal tape(same price as the driver ) make a small build like this relatively expensive, but that should even out on a full build.

I found a local online store that sells aluminium U channel at a reasonably price

This test build pretty much got me to make up my mind and decide to go with 4' strips, and I'm leaning towards the single row F-series.