A First Trial Run

A Work in Progress of the Attempt to Build Two  Parallel Strips

 The Completed Two Strips (They were on, the resistor inhibited too much)

The Powered on Strips - A Successful Trial (Removed resistor)

This trial was a success and it was discovered that the resistor (51k Ohm) inhibited the LED's entirely too much and after its removal, the LED's seemed to work a lot better.  The uninhibited trial generated 1350-1400 Lux with 10 LED's (unit of luminescence)