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We're new to caravvanning, had one weekend away and I thought I'd remembered to do everything on our return home. Its been sat locked up on the drive for 3 weeks, yesterday my sister in law came round for a nosey and when we went in there was a funny smell but I couldnt work out where it was coming from. Today I went in to put a few things back in the cupboards and thought I'd check if the smell was coming from the fridge. To be horror I doscovered moudly food in the freezer and the smell opening the freezer compartment was and still is foul. I've emptied the freezer of its disdgusting contents  cleaned it all out, opened the windows and door and am just hoping this works as the smell goes away.

Anything else I can do and please tell me I'm not the only one whos done this

use an good anti bacterial spray in abundance and leave for an hour or two.then clean with the same bottle only using a rag to wipe all over. i use fenwicks fendox for fridge and toilet.

www.fenwicks.info

Cat litter absorbs smells from fridges too.

Quote: Originally posted by jhsw on 11/6/2011

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Hi savanne1, no your not the only one,even when nothing in fridge,and door is closed it will smell,  remember to leave the fridge door on the inner of the two holes at top of fridge to allow fridge to air,or just wedge it open a few inches.

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It's so easily done, and most us have done something similar.  After a time you devize a system.  The problem comes because when you move the van the fridge door needs to be shut.  When you take it back to storeage, then the fridge door needs to be left open, so 'scof' - shut curtains, open fridge - the last thing we do before locking the van and leaving it. (Wife's job)

The other error which we have made (and you only ever do it once) is forgetting to empty the toilet. (My job)

Another one is draining the water system over winter.  We now do this everytime we move the van, but it's easier on this van than it was on the very old van we had. (Wife's job)

Another one is gas.  Our storeage site insist that we disconnect gas cylinders.  We now do this eveytime we move the van, as a matter of course. (My job)

Just a few thought's.

Quote: Originally posted by savanne1 on 11/6/2011

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fridge fine now, the bicarbonate of soda worked a treat. Trouble is the fridge is now the least of our probs with the van.

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