side affect after disassebling electronics

[Brentb1]

I have a question, I was taking apart a printer "for stepper motors" and a power supply when I started to get tingling in mouth and tongue. It lasted for a couple hrs after I finished; today I am in the room where the parts are and I am getting the same thing but also in my face. Is this coincidence? The electronics are from 2000 and newer. I know this sounds weird but thought I would ask

 

[Gryd3]

I have a question, I was taking apart a printer "for stepper motors" and a power supply when I started to get tingling in mouth and tongue. It lasted for a couple hrs after I finished; today I am in the room where the parts are and I am getting the same thing but also in my face. Is this coincidence? The electronics are from 2000 and newer. I know this sounds weird but thought I would ask

Tingling. Any taste?
Nothing was plugged in? Did you hold onto any live wires? Did you accidentally shock yourself with any capacitors?
(Do you have anything in the room that emits lots of electrical noise?)

 

[Brentb1]

Nothing had been plugged in for years. It was like a metallic taste, a perfect description is when you put a 9V battery on your tongue. It had same feel and the same taste.

 

[Gryd3]

Nothing had been plugged in for years. It was like a metallic taste, a perfect description is when you put a 9V battery on your tongue. It had same feel and the same taste.

Sounds like electricity, but it's hard to tell. That's why I asked about electrically noisy devices.... but without noticing it, I would lean more on some kind of allergy.

I would relocate the parts and clear / clean the room to. (Put the parts in a sealed container)
If the room still gives you this feeling... are you located below high voltage power lines?

 

[Brentb1]

All I have in here is a mill, a lathe, and those parts from printer and computer board. Oh and an Arduino with sensors

 

[Brentb1]

I also wanted to thank you for the quick replies, I appreciate it

 

[Gryd3]

I also wanted to thank you for the quick replies, I appreciate it

No prob. I hope you figure it out. I don't like the sounds of it, but without seeing the room, or the environment it could be a number of things... You will need to troubleshoot to determine if it's the room, or something on/in the parts you salvaged.

 

[cjdelphi]

Not really possible .... it does sound like an allergy

 

[rickselectricalprojects]

That sounds very strange. I would probably see a doctor.

 

[Brentb1]

Yeah, to be honest I was getting kind of worried. I took all the parts and put them in a tote, since then I have not had any problems. I am wondering if it is some sort of allergy to something.

 

[HellasTechn]

Toner powder maybe ? if it was a laser printer Or ink traces if it was inkjet ?

It sounds like an allergy but doubt it has anything to do with electronics.

You dont happen to be very close to CellPhone Tranceiver antenna right ?

 

[Brentb1]

Not that I know of, I live about 10 min. from a small city. There isn't much by me except fields.

 

[Gryd3]

Not that I know of, I live about 10 min. from a small city. There isn't much by me except fields.

I would chalk it up to an allergy then. What's in there? Do your best to recall any parts.
The part that concerns be is the tingling sensation could be caused by something 'topical' irritating your skin, or it could be a nervous system reaction. The fact that it was worse the second time is troublesome

 

[BarryTX]

You might want to put a portable HEPA air filter unit in that room, we did that in a dorm room some years ago and it did seem to help with the allergies. If you do, you need to stay on top of when the filter needs to be changed to keep it working well.