campincandice
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My first thought is that the smell is coming from the campground well, but that would also affect the kitchen sink unless you have an additional filter on the kitchen faucet??
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renoman69
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I use the pink powdered sterilent that you can find in wine making stores to clean my tank. It is used to disinfect wine bottles before filling. It works great for many disinfecting jobs like cleaning cutting boards and knives after meat has been on them.
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We have a similar problem when we use the shower or the sink; If there's a cabinet under the bathroom sink, open it and see if the odor is stronger inside. If so, I suspect the culprit would be the above-mentioned cheater valve; we're about to replace ours.
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pextron
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Perhaps this link will help you to locate and eliminate the source of the smell, which is most likely caused by Hydrogen Sulfide gas in your water lines.
http://www.uldrinkwell.com/drinkwell/rotten_egg_smell.html
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DutchmenSport
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Pextron: if this is the cause, would blowing out the line, like when winterizing, blow out the Hydrogen Sulfide gas? I'm just wondering as the "source" of the water would be the same for all the faucets, (and the OP is not having problems with ALL the faucets, just one) so it can't be the actual water. It has to be something in the line, were both hot and cold come together, like, the faucet itself????
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I noticed a few people said to change the Anode rod in the water heater. Only Suburban uses a rod. Atwood uses a different tank and putting an anode rod in that will destroy the tank.
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gorjo01
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bsinmich wrote:I noticed a few people said to change the Anode rod in the water heater. Only Suburban uses a rod. Atwood uses a different tank and putting an anode rod in that will destroy the tank.
You beat me to it, Atwood uses a glass lined tank and no anode.
I learned this from the folks at the Delaware Camping Center. I stopped there because my water smelled very strange. I too, thought it was the anode, but was told by the fine gentlemen there, that the smell was caused by bad water or stale water. He said just to flush the hot water tank and lines and everything would clear up. He was absolutely right.
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Vacationer XL
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When you get the smell is your grey tank closed or left open to the sewer? I sometimes get that rotten egg smell when the grey tank is full. I go outside pull the grey lever and away goes the smell.
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pextron
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DutchmenSport wrote:
Pextron: if this is the cause, would blowing out the line, like when winterizing, blow out the Hydrogen Sulfide gas? I'm just wondering as the "source" of the water would be the same for all the faucets, (and the OP is not having problems with ALL the faucets, just one) so it can't be the actual water. It has to be something in the line, were both hot and cold come together, like, the faucet itself????
My best guess is that it could have something to do with the proximity of the source to the point which the smell originates. In other words, it more easily flows to that point due to the way it is plumbed. Without more information, it is difficult to say exactly what the source of the odor is but the "rotton egg" smell definitely indicates a strong likelyhood that hydrogen sulfide is the source, most likely either in the water lines or drain lines.
I believe that completely flusing the water and drain lines with a mild bleach (chlorine) solution should eliminate any organic matter or bacteria that are a likely source of the foul smelling gas.
The following links contain additional information about hydrogen sulfide which may help you to pinpoint the source.
Hydrogen sulfide:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_sulfide
Hydrogen Sulfide in Drinking Water:
http://ohioline.osu.edu/aex-fact/0319.html
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hedge
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hi, OP here.
Just wanted to let everyone know I appreciate the suggestions. The trailer is at a non-serviced site ATM so I can't do much about it. for now we are using bottled water to drink and the kitchen sink for dishes. We are going to a full service campground in a couple of weeks so I plan on doing the sanitizing method at that time.
I'll report back but I think that should take care of it.
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