Posted 2018-09-20 8:21 PM (#570475 - in reply to #570467) Subject: RE: Astrodome lighting
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Generally speaking, each needle has a hair thin wire running from the base of the needle to an electrical source. The wires tend to break with age and leave the needles powerless and dark. Someone may have painted the needles with opaque paint so the glow doesn't come through leaving them 'dark'. Just a couple of possibilities……………..