Eliminate bad smells from your motorhome
Your motorhome is a very small confined space for you and your loved ones to enjoy your leisure time. There are few things worse than spoiling this time with a foul smell in your vehicle and / or living space. There are three common causes of bad odour in a motorhome – waste water, malfunctioning toilet and dampness.
Bad smells caused by the waste water are common to the novice motorhome owner. After all you only wash a few dishes, brush your teeth, wash your hands a few times, how bad can the odour be ? You’ve only put five or ten litres of waste water in the holding tank. You will find that the smell is not too bad on day one or two, but if not emptied soon it will start form quite a pungent odour after a while. This is then magnified if left stagnant for a while and then you decide to take a drive. Of course the smell will come back up the sinks plugholes. There are a number of precautions you can take to eradicate this problem. Firstly you can use tablets that de-odourise your waste water tank. They dissolve in your tank and modify the odour of your waste water. It is also recommended that you rinse clean your waste water tank, at least once a year with a cleaning agent. It’s also good practice to plug your sinks when in transit.
A malfunctioning toilet is an obvious source of foul odour in your leisure vehicle. Thetford are the most common manufacturer of motorhome toilet and they usually provide simple instruction to follow on toilet usage and functionality. Make sure that you toilet cassette is properly sealed and that there are no leak or cracks. A cheap or inappropriate chemical agent may not be working properly in your toilet. If you have kids, make sure to train them properly in the usage of you particular motorhome toilet. It is good pratice to not allow your cassette not reach maximum capacity. For example, my current toilet cassette has a maximum capacity of 20 litres, with a warning light activating at 17 litres. I always try to empty at about 12 or 14 litres.
The final common cause of a bad odour in you leisure vehicle can be dampness. Usually the result of you motorhome not wintering too well, dampness can be difficult to cure and can cause a typical damp type odour in you van. The only solution is to track the source of the dampness, which is usually poor ventilation or a leak, and eliminate as soon as possible, before this causes even more problems. Happy motorhoming, here’s wishing you many happy days in your motorhome, with a fresh smell filling the air.
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