Weird smell from my tumbler

Cheap motors or motors that are wearing out sometimes produce a distinctive acrid smell. Not sure why, but it's something you recognize when you smell it a few times.

Gee, they even used the same adjective as me!

If completely beyond repair, most electric motors will have a very acrid smell to them; this indicates burnt windings and generally is not worth the cost of rewinding.
 
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