Mirror Ball Motor or No???

For a mirror ball to really be effective you do need a motor.
You can hang the mirror ball from your truss and have 2 pin spots shine on the ball from each side. You will get half of the mirror ball effect on the floor in front of you. The other half will shine behind you or on the walls behind you.

Please note most of our newest lighting products no longer have a duty cycle. Duty cycles were established for two reasons. 1. To help conserve lamp life. 2. The lamp/s generate tremendous heat which is detrimental to the electronic circuit boards and motors. Some lighting effects can now benefit from newer technology in cooling of the inside area of the fixtures.

YES you need a motor and, mine i hang from my truss and it works great make sure you got 2 spots on it-one on each side

Thanks guys, didn't know about the two spots...

I'm gonna get the 12" mirror ball package and an additional pinspot.

Kale

I have an 8" mirror ball with I think the heavy duty motor. I light it with 2 Par36 pinspots. I needed a small mirror ball since I am mobile. Never had a complaint. With the Crank-2 system, I can get my rig way up in the air and everything stays out of the way.

in the video we used an 8 inch mirror ball and 2 color 150's looks great look at this mirror ball just click on the movie

Wow that video looks great, maybe I'll settle for the 8" version...

What do you mean "color 150s"? And is there anything special to consider when hanging the ball in the middle of the truss. Do I need a special bracket to hang the motor, then attach the ball?

Kale

color dmx 150 thanks the video is nice. well if you want you can either make a bracket with wood or get our bracket then attach it with an Oclamp

For the price of a mirror ball package you can get a Starball II which is much more versatile and easier to use. For another 50 bucks you can get a Sunray II which is similar to the Starball but has a brighter light.

With either of these you can just sit it on a flat surface, plug in one cord and you are good to go. If you are of a mind to hang it, both lights come with built in hanging brackets.

With a mirror ball you have to hang two pinspots, plug both of them in, hang a motor and plug it in, then hang the mirror ball off the motor.

With the Starball II or the Sunray II you get the same effect with 1/3rd of the hassle.

I agree with Marti-n

very cool support!

-AMP