A seemingly harmless celebration turned into a blackout Tuesday night when Mylar balloons hit power lines, cutting ...

A sheet of PVC with a recessed air fitting forms the platen. The metallized Mylar space blanket, stretched across a wooden frame to pull out the wrinkles and folds, is applied to a circle of epoxy ...

NV Energy says mylar balloons caused a power outage in downtown affecting more than 10,000 customers Sunday night.

The lights are back on for more than ten thousand customers in Nevada.But it was a different story on Sunday, when people lost power because some mylar balloons ...

On the surface, metallic balloons and confetti guns are ... Entergy demonstrated how polyester film used to make Mylar balloons, and other brands like them, can cause a dangerous scenario when ...

Thus this request from the city-owned utility: Runaway Mylar inflatables are a common cause of power outages nationwide. Their metallic coating conducts electricity and causes short-circuits when ...