LED Lighting suggestions for a small irregular footprint

Dryhops said:

I have a custom grow cabinet that is built into my kitchen cabinetry. It's essentially just the bottom portion of this shelf:

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The footprint is pretty small, 28 inches along the 2 longer edges, 17 inches along the shorter 3 edges. This comes out to be a little less than 5 sqft. This accommodates a two plant scrog that produces 4-5oz every 3 months or so. I've been using a Galaxyhydro blurple for years now and it has performed well enough, but clearly since I purchased it there have been major improvements in LEDs. This is the light: https://www.amazon.com/Roleadro-Gal...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=EHK72RMKHWG2997RP56V

I fully understand why blurples are lacking, can anyone recommend a lighting replacement with the following criteria?:
-Roughly 150watts (I run this entirely off of solar generated power, so power and efficiency is of critical importance)
-I'm comfortable with the DIY versions, but I don't have any way of measuring output. Commercial options are attractive since, hopefully, they test the lights for compliance. I don't want to build a light only to find it doesn't yield.
-I only have 28 inches of height, total. My current light is boxy and doesn't provide consistent light to the edges. Although I have limited plant size and they are close to the lights (8-10 inches), I don't have issues with light burn. A new light would hopefully be thinner, allowing it to be mounted as close to the ceiling as possible. A remote driver might gain me a few inches, which the ladies always appreciate.
-As the footprint is weird, I reasoned that a quantum type board with chips that are more spread out might be more effective in my space, compared to focused COB. If I DIY however, I might be able to strategically place chips to fit the space.

So far, I'm seriously considering:
Two HLG65 V2
One MARS
One Spiderfarm SF1000
One Timber Model 2VL

Thank you for your time

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Dryhops said:

I kind of like the strip idea better now that I'm looking into it. I can build them exactly into the geometry.

My cabinet is also wood - what amperage are you running the strips at such that they can be directly mounted to the wood?

If I understand correctly, this is just a trade off of efficiency vs price - i.e I could run a ton of strips at the minimum current rating (any problem doing this?) or I could run a few strips at higher currents to save money. Though higher currents require heat dissipation. Is this an accurate assessment?

In regard to the solar, its a 48v system. I considered running directly from the DC, but it seems like the QBs run around 54v. Would a DC-DC converter step up the voltage accordingly?

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