smell from my vertigos (I think last question LOL)

It can be normal for new lights to emit a smell, which could even include some very small amount of smoke, as paint and other agents actually BURN OFF. In the case of my Color Fusions, I noticed this.

Some tips:
What is the service cycle for the Vertigo? I rotate between my Sunray III, Mystic and Vertigo in 10 minute cycles(if I can pay attention to that, or else change every 2 songs). Perhaps you're running the light too long and it is getting too hot. Then again, ADJ has been making more of their fixtures designed with no cycle times needed. Since your Vertigos are new, I'd say yours are in this "no duty cycle" series, which is good.

Other hints:
Keep the light away from the wall and ceiling so as to ensure proper ventilation. Is there a fan built into the Vertigo? If so, is it running? This practice will help reduce heat built-up as well as it will have somewhere to dissapate to.

I hope you're just testing these lights in your room. When I test, I'm out in the garage with typically a 10-foot truss erected for convenience purposes.

yes it has fan, but still gets hot, and people asy this is normal and after you turn it off like in 5 min it cools down. I am not worried. The service cycle that adj mentions is from 5 - 15 min. But a lot of people have said they've ran it for hours with ni problems. So you think I must buy 2 other lights different types and every lets say 15 min. switch it to the other ones? Because I can tell you haveing the same lights going on all night gets kinda boring don't you think? If you have 2 or 3 different seta of lights it make it more interesting.

I agree that variety is a good thing. In my case, I use my Vertigo, Mystic and Sunray III. I am planning on getting something else soon, like a Copter-Sphere or a Mini-Mine, something with a 3-amp or under draw. I really pay attention to the current draw and load the circuits accordingly.

Now, the thing I like about the Vertigo and Mystic is that they are "sound activated". These work best during livelier periods. The Sunray III merely rotates at 6RPM, which I like as well, since it's great for slower stuff, kind of replacing a mirror ball. I also have a mirror ball with 4 gel'ed Par36's I aim at it.

I also have an Electra and a Rover II, and then a Reflex and a Barrel Flex, which are like a double Electra and double Rover II, respectively. These sound-active scanner-type lights help put some lightweight color all over the floor quickly and don't draw a whole lot of current if I want to use all 4 of them at once.

My Double Twist and Trilogy are also sound activate. I don't use those as centerpeice type lights, typically placing them at the outside of the truss to break things up.

With lots of variety, I can really mix it up as well as mix and match. Nobody really gets a chance to get bored with the lighting.

You don't want the audience to get bored, and with 2 Vertigos(or two anything, even different), they'll get tired of it quickly.

My thoughts on lighting are different than most here, I suppose. I have to light a stage and performers as well as entertain the audience by shooting stuff out into that area as well. I try to compliment or augment. More lights shining in the crowd mean less lights shining on the band and vice-versa. Again, see my statements about being a live sound production company. With DJ's, it's all about trying to keep the crowd engaged. Why? Because spinning discs is relatively boring and it's not fun to watch, so people want to dance and they want lights all over the place for more energy.

I see your point, but even some people that don't have lights, I mean most of my customers just want music and don't care about the fancy stuff lights and all plus they don't want to pay the big price for the lights anyways and usually it is just about the music, but I agree it sets the atmosphere and 1 set of lights gets boring after awhile. For now that is all I can afford. Plus if my clients want more they have to pay and I can rent for now. Also when you have all those lights at your gig you don't put it all on one stand? You have a few stands like one on right and one left of the stage, right?

My focus is on sound. I am a live sound production company. I do not rent. Period. I say this only because people get their noses bent out of joint when they can't rent my gear. Why I don't rent is because the rental mentality is "take it, break it, return it, done". While not 100% true, it's unfortunately more true than false.

I've gotten a LOT more lights since October of 2005. How would I set it up?

First off, I have to get over some technical issues, which would involve mixing and matching some parts, but that's my problem.

I'd start with the 15-foot truss on the front of the stage, heavily populated, mainly since this would have more of the dance lights on it, as well as plenty of Par38's. This is how I did the October 1, 2005 event. I also had a 10-foot truss on each side of the stage, populated with Par38's and some of my smaller dance lights to project through the stage to give some stage random color and motion. On the back of those trusses, I ran the T-bars to try to get some rear stage ambience and depth.

On the ground in front of the stage I put my 2 5-foot I-beam sections and put some Par38's(un-gel'ed) for some foot lighting.

Unfortunately, the promoter gave me 1 15-amp circuit, and I was popping it all night long since I was refused additional circuits. I also didn't get power to house until an hour before event since the flunky with the generator was shmoozing on the talent instead of doing their job. I had a great light show planned, and I had it taken from me.

Now, back to my live sound focus: I'll throw in the lights for free, that's how much I care about sound. Hire me for sound, get free lights. I stress hard over getting perfect sound, and really, lights are not in my top 5 list of concerns for me, as I'm supposed to have crew dealing with my lights for me while I deal with sound.

In your case, just bring the lights. If people just want music, once they realize the place is either too dark or too light or there is no atmosphere outside what the party itself brings, they'll realize they should have had lights. Price your stuff as you want, but I'd suggest you always bring lights, you'll get more work. I agree that as your businesss expands, your gear should increase, as will your set-up time and your rates. Scale up and down and price accordingly.