Interesting that you said battery because I thought the smell was emanating from my front battery compartment. However, when I get really close to the battery I don't smell anything.
It's really weird, I cleared everything out, wiped every down, sprayed, lysoled, fabreezed and then let it air out. So now I'm trying to find the source, where it still smells. It seems like the very front corner of the RV is the only part that still smells. Between my front storage and the propane tank on the top right. But there is no empty space in there, no gap between floor and wood, no place I can see any evidence of critters, nothing. This is starting to make me go fruit loops.
There was some liquid, just a bit near that area that smells but it's been raining like the days of Noah up here in WA for about 2 weeks and I have a couple places that have a little moisture. I cleaned it all up and when I drove out to get some stuff at the store I smelled the smell on my hands. It makes me believe it is something I was wiping/cleaning and not just an odor coming from the tanks or something that would just be a smell in the air.
There is some black insulation type tape in the ceiling of that section and I'm going to split it with a razor knife and see if anything squeezed up there. If not I am at a complete loss and don't know what to do. I may have to keep the windows open and just let it air for a couple days and hope it's something that is holed up somewhere, died, and the smell will pass. Not a popular plan with my wife, especially considering it's been in the 40's at night.
"Hey sweetie, you know that smell that's driving you crazy and making you want to throw up? Well I can't figure out what it is. I think I'm going to leave all the windows open in the 40 deg weather tonight and try to air us out some"
I'll be lucky if I'm not sleeping outside tonight :)
