unusual smell
late today my wife and I picked up a smell that smells like the chemical used in giving a woman a permanet. My wife has not had a permanet recently. We cannot find anything in the MH that gives off ...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:John&Joey wrote:
Most bathroom and kitchen sinks are not vented to the outside. Check under them for a smell. If it is strong, then the air check valve needs replacing.
Sorta.....
The sinks don't need to be 'vented' to outside. Grey tank vent to roof provides that.
The 'P' trap provides a vapor barrier......the air admittance valve is downstream of the 'P' traps. The flapper in them is pulled open when draining grey tank so that the 'p' traps don't get sucked dry. That is their purpose.
And yes....if the flapper doesn't close (dried out/weak/stretched) then grey tank odors can come back into the inside of rig. Which stinks, more like a sewer smell than a 'beauty parlor' hair treatment smell.
That smell is more than likely the ammonia from crakced cooling unit of fridge.
Which OP would post back what was found.
Yep a RV is very different from a house when it comes to venting. Most don't know about the air trap so it often gets overlooked, that's the main reason I noted it. I doubt it's it, but they do go.
There is a theme in this thread that it's the fridge, I would guess that if it is leaking then it would stop cooling pretty fast. Sounds like the OP and DW are currently using their rig and would notice the milk getting warm if that was the case.
Yes, it is always nice when they post back with the results though.
