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    Feb 15, 2014, 10:23 AM
    When my furnace comes on I smell something like an electric motor burning.
    When my furnace comes on I smell a hot electric motor smell.
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    Feb 15, 2014, 02:40 PM
    It could be a motor. Many furnaces have a small exhaust motor & a larger circulating fan motor. Feel the motors. If one feels really hot, there's your problem.
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