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05-22-2014, 06:36 PM
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What's that smell
We returned to our seasonal site this weekend. I opened the basement door to my surprise. ..The sewer smell or odor. It's was not bad in the camper but now 4 hours later it's smells in the camper. Any ideas?....we had this once last year and it went away never to return. I see no leaks anywhere.....but it's stinks. Help? 2013 cc 36ckts.
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05-22-2014, 07:05 PM
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Are you sure it a sewer smell? A friend of mine thought he had one and we discovered it was comming from the battery cooking and getting hot. Replaced it and solved the problem. Good luck
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05-22-2014, 07:36 PM
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I'll check it....
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05-22-2014, 08:24 PM
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You might look for critter debris...
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05-23-2014, 08:20 AM
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We have the camper covered with a carport. We wash the camper including the roof to clean everything. Is it possible that I got some water down the roof vents. Would that make it smell in the camper? It's definitely sewer smell I think. I service the black tank also and the smell went away a few hours later....Open windows rain the fan.
All is well this morning. ...This happened last year once or twice...goes away after a few hours. Not sure what's happening. ...but suspect it's the vents or something.
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05-23-2014, 08:23 AM
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I checked the batteries. ...we on plug power....not using batteries. Also converter power off.
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05-23-2014, 03:12 PM
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Where's your anti siphon valve for the black tank rinse?
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05-23-2014, 09:26 PM
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I had a sewer smell and found that the anti siphon valve located in the sink island (Left corner) was only screwed on by one thread on to the vent stack. I tightened it up, but I'm going to replace it with a better valve.
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05-23-2014, 10:10 PM
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I would suspect a dead mouse or something like that.
They smell like a soiled diaper.
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05-24-2014, 06:48 AM
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Might your traps have dried up? The water will evaporate over time and let the tank smells into the trailer. Even the gray tank will smell.
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05-24-2014, 07:31 AM
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I don't think it's a dead critter....or the smell would still be around. I'll check the valve under sink....nothing we can do on the traps I think. Good ideas....thanks.
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05-24-2014, 08:25 AM
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Put water in then is all. Just dump water in the drains and they will refill
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