What's that smell?!

[asherdasher63]

So within the last hour and a half or so my trailer smells like eggs and farts. Sorry I don't know how else to explain the smell. At first I thought it was my dog but further investigation shows its coming from under the cabinets. Not the sink cabinet either the one by the door under the stove. Their is a black pipe there that goes from the sink then splits up the wall and underneath the trailer. It even smells in the bread box cabinet. And when you bend down by the door right above the floor its horrible. I've smelled the underbelly and its not there. Not around my fridge or bedroom/bathroom. I've aired it out and it goes away but as soon as I close the door again its back. The only thing I've done today that I don't do everyday is drain the black tank. But it never smells like this when I empty it. I always close my Grey tanks when I empty it also. I think that black pipe is the culprit but I don't know what it is exactly.

[RustyJC]

One of our Shelties who has passed on loved to sleep right in front of the steps leading up to the bath/bedroom where he could see the front door. Of course, the LP detector was mounted in the kick board of the bottom step. So, suffice it to say we always knew when the dog, uhhhh, had an event.

Rusty

[asherdasher63]

Lol! No we haven't but I'm surprised because she blows the place up sometimes!

[RustyJC]

Jerry B wrote:
It's the dog.

OK, off topic, but have you ever had the dog set off the LP detector? We have, repeatedly...

Rusty

[laknox]

Jerry B wrote:
It's the dog.

Or the DW...at 2AM...followed by a giggle. 🙂

Lyle

[Jerry_B]

It's the dog.

[rockhillmanor]

And yes we leave both greys open all the time but not the black.

I leave 'both' tanks closed all the time when parked with sewer hook up.

The gray tank needs water to 'move' things along too. Bits of food, water you cook foods in, dirty dish water,greasy plates when you wash them, etc will just stick to the bottom if you don't have any water in it like when you leave it open and go rancid if you don't leave the tank fill up with water.

I have been parked next to MH's in areas where they allow you to dump the gray on the ground. And it STINKS almost as bad a dumping your black tank. I will never stay at a place that allows discharging of gray water EVER EVER again it stunk so bad.

[lpxguy]

schlep1967 wrote:

asherdasher63 wrote:
OK I will go check that. Someone said gas leak I just tried lighting all 3 burners on my stove and the back left won't light. I just used it 2 days ago.Could it have come disconnected? I don't know if that's even possible.

FYI, If you think you may have a gas leak lighting a fire is not the way to look for it. You could blow up the whole trailer and yourself. You are scaring me and I am not in the trailer! Call a service man before you kill yourself or someone else!

I had this exact same problem.....turned out to be something fermenting in my grey tank....whooa was that nasty! Filled the tank 3/4 full with water & a little bleach....drove to my next campground (1 hr ride) and drained it....flushed it 2 more times and no more odor. I had always emptied both grey tanks between trips...that was my downfall. Now I keep a few gallons water/chemicals in all 3 tanks

[routemaster]

I have smelly hot water and I was told the anode changed that and flushed the tank out still there, the water stills smells?

[asherdasher63]

Yeah that's what I thought to that it might be empty but I unhooked it and picked it up and its still pretty full. I'm hoping it doesn't happen again and it can just be some freak thing that only happens once! *fingers crossed*

[mabynack]

It could be the odorant from the propane. Sometimes they smell when the tank is getting empty. Another possible cause is a bad catalytic converter on your vehicle or one nearby. They smell like rotten eggs when they go bad.

[asherdasher63]

And yes we leave both greys open all the time but not the black.

[asherdasher63]

The smell went away after I had all the burners going. I stayed up until 3 this morning and it never came back. I'll admit that turning them on was a dumb idea at the time all I could think was figuring out what the smell was.

[RustyJC]

Is the oven knob in the "Pilot On" position with the pilot light out? Not all RV ovens have a push-to-light feature to bypass the pilot thermocouple for lighting the pilot - please don't ask me how I know.

Rusty

[rockhillmanor]

1. A boiling battery smells like that.

2. Your converter could be bad and boiling battery. Check the convertor.

3. Propane leak.

If a knob was bumped into the on position on the stove, propane can be coming from there.

Propane seeks a low level and the propane from the stove will find it's way into the adjoining kitchen sink and 'not' the floor which is why detector is not going off. Don't ask me how I know this one that almost killed me.

Open all the windows and get out of the RV until you find out where the smell is coming from and what it is.