False Alarm, maybe? Options

[76-914]

I drove to the bank this AM to make a deposit and test my radiator "fans on" light that I had just wired in. Most of you Suby converts know that it takes awhile for the engine to get hot enough to ask for cooling, so it was no surprise that they didn't kick on until I was leaving the drive thru. A minute or so after the green light came on, while waiting for the light to change, I smelled a wire burning. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) The light changed and I was in a parking lot with the hood up within 30 seconds. A quick look around the area I recently worked revealed nothing. Engine bay, rear trunk; nothing, as well. Power back on and fans running fine, I hopped in and finished my errand w/o exception. Go figure (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) ? I'd like to believe that someone else in that intersection was having a problem but that is being overly optimistic. TMK, all circuits are fused but I know I smelled a burning wire. Am I being paranoid?
Come to think of it I'll bet a Bic Lighter and a piece of wire could cause a bit of concern at a Classic's Car Show. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

[Elliot Cannon]

A long time ago, I used to drive from Long Beach to LAX and back everyday. There was some kind of a manufacturing plant about five miles from my house that would at least once a month emit an odor exactly like an electrical fire. I was so worried that I had a fire on my 1965, 6volt, 300,000 mile VW bug that I almost stopped to check it out once. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

[stownsen914]

If you've just done the wiring on your fan light, maybe check the new wiring and anything it connects to. If you've had anything going on there hot enough to smell, you'll see telltale signs of overheating in the wiring like melted or discolored wires or connectors, etc.