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I'm looking for a mirror ball, or something that I can leave on during slow songs and I have a few questions...

1) Do I really need a motor?
2) Where is the best place to hang it?

I'm doing a school dance and a large auditorium next week and I'm a little concerned about how a mirror ball would look hanging from my 9 foot truss. Can you usually find a better place to mount the ball??? Everytime I see them they are hanging from the ceiling...

I've seen lights that are similar, but I like the idea of being able to turn it on and not worry about duty cycle.

Kale
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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.
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.

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