Electrical fire or bad bearings. The alternator is probably toast. Buy a new one.
Sometimes when parts are new, they have coatings and etc. that will smell when parts are warm. For example, alternator windings are coated with a electrical varnish. When the alternator is charging, it creates heat. This causes the paint to smell and odors such as a burning smell can be common for a couple of days.
If your talking about cars... If you smell a burning smell, or your red battery light comes on then i would get your alternator checked out!
the bearings
A burning smell from a car's brakes means that you are braking very hard or there is a electrical short circuit in the car. Another reason for a burning smell may actually be coming from the car's heater.
There are generally two signs that the alternator is going bad. First is the noise. A new noise will begin to be heard. Something like a whining when the car is accelerating. Second is the smell. You may smell burning from the engine department.
The smell of burning hair is often described as similar to the smell of burning feathers or a strong, acrid odor.
The smell of burning sulfur resembles the scent of rotten eggs.
Well i don't. I think the real question is why do yousmell burning feathers. I can't even imagine what burning feathers smell like.It smells terrible, I regularly smell burning feathers, paint, and a strong perfume or potpourri that nobody else around me can smell.
The belt is burning up and wind is pushing the smell through the air conditioning.
Incense has a distinctive smell when it is burning.
It will be sulfur mostly that you smell
because it's a strong smell