Well I went downstairs just a few minutes ago and was greeted with an awful smell.. the smell of burnt rubber. I have no idea what it is, and I'm worried that it might be something serious.
Any idea what it could be, and can it be dangerous?
2007-07-19 14:09:00 · 9 answers · asked by Poochie 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Femme, I didn't waste 5 points asking this question for you to give and idiot answer liek that. Screw you, dumbass.
2007-07-19 14:17:03 · update #1
I don't think a cord is on fire, I don't see smoke or anything..
2007-07-19 14:17:37 · update #2
Could it be the belt of some appliance/machinery like your washing machine or the belt between the motor and blower of an air handling system? These belts will stink of burnt rubber when overloaded or one of the pulleys jams and the belt skids across it. Also the belts that run the brushes on vacuum cleaners will do this if something big gets sucked in that jams the brush. (Just a thought).
I just now noticed one of the others mentioned this already (I guess brilliant minds do think alike)
2007-07-19 17:13:53 · answer #1 · answered by Flying Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you go and check some of the questions Femme has asked, you will see that she isn't the sharpest crayon in the box. Who in the world would not know where to go to have a key copy made?
She ought to clean up her own back yard before criticizing someone else's question.
2007-07-19 21:37:34 · answer #2 · answered by MaraschinoMary 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These other answers state the obvious...if it was electrical you would have found it by now...If you have any floor drains in the basement the smell may have emitted from there...Were any belt driven appliances in use? (washer, dryer, furnace blower, etc.) I would check that out. I would bet someone was burning something nasty and the wind blew it towards your house.
2007-07-19 22:39:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have unfortunately had that twice in 2 different houses that both ended up with electric fires,do not delay having someone check ALL the wiring and I know this sounds funny but your furnace for blockage also.Our heating source in our new house and luckily we had found the blockage befor it affected our family..DONT DELAY
2007-07-19 21:19:06 · answer #4 · answered by zxaviera p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well lets hope its not an electrical cord on fire or something burning in ur home. Why did u leave the downstairs and come back to your pc to ask such a question? GO FIND WHATS BURNING AND MAKING THE "AWFUL SMELL"!!
2007-07-19 21:14:37 · answer #5 · answered by queenofghas 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Id bet it was something rubber in the dishwasher.
2007-07-19 23:40:01 · answer #6 · answered by Carrie S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
do you have a dishwasher and did you just run it? maybe something was in there that wasn't supposed to and melted or something.
2007-07-19 21:15:21 · answer #7 · answered by squirrelgirl749 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
mayb its gas you should check it out call some1
2007-07-19 21:16:32 · answer #8 · answered by ♥ Vannie♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sound electrical
2007-07-19 21:11:55 · answer #9 · answered by coot 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋