Electrical Odor. A light fixture that has been turned on after a long period of disuse and had dust accumulate on the lamp can do. Once you have the wirings checked and potential risks have been addressed.
So the burning smell can cause electrical fire what do you do now. Na I have a strange strong odor that seems to be coming from my bedroom closet ceiling light fixture only when the light is turned on. Turn off the main power supply.
You see most wires circuit breakers etc.
An electronic nose is an electronic sensing device intended to detect odors or flavors. Youll need to shut off the power to the circuit as quickly as. Other than that it could be plastics that are slowly breaking down due to heat stress from electrical components. Speaking of fires a burning smell in my house and it comes and goes but is more often than not smelly in varying degrees.