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Why do we smell chlorox?

Nicecupoftea — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 17:41:20 GMT

We have a car, a fridge, and a freezer in the garage. Yesterday we noticed a smell like chlorox.

We have checked everything we can think of. Garage is warm so nothing froze. Fridge and freezer fine! What can it be ?

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151949 — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 18:04:27 GMT

Are you sure there isn't something leaking like a bottle of clorox clean up?

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CelticCrafter — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 18:15:36 GMT

Is there something that got lost(pushed to the back) in the fridge that may have gone bad?

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shaggygirl — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 18:17:52 GMT

Did you check under the car for a fluid leak?

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Nomore — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 18:22:49 GMT

Could it be some kind of refrigerant, or antifreeze, or even windshield washer fluid? A bottle that is partially closed, lid not capped on correctly, or small spillage that leaked down the bottle?

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homedecor1 — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 19:17:05 GMT

I've had a similar experience -- although I live in FL temps have been extremely below normal. Not sure where you live but last week I kept smelling in my garage Downy fabric softener.

(My washer and dryer are in the garage).

At first, I figured it was just from the using the dryer -- but upon further checking my large container of Downy had cracked (on concrete floor under utility sink) it was puddled under the bottle.

maybe you have a leaking bottle of something.

Re: Why do we smell chlorox?

novamc1 — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:09:46 GMT

Don't know whether this has anything to do with your odor, but............We smell a strong odor of chlorine (like a swimming pool) at certain times of the year when the faucets are turned on. It happens during the times that the water utility flushes the system with chlorine.

Normally, chloramine (or something like that) is used to make the water safe to drink.. The utility has begun to alert us when it's going to use chlorine, so we can load up on bottled water.

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Desertdi — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 03:49:52 GMT

Does somebody who lives nearby have a swimming pool?

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qualitygal — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 09:25:15 GMT

Do you have a drain of some sort in the garage?

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qualitygal — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:33:06 GMT

@Nicecupoftea, Did you figure out what it is/was?

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Nicecupoftea — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 01:31:30 GMT

We finally discovered the smell was coming from an old first-aid box hanging on the wall nearby. The contents seemed perfectly ok but we threw them away. I believe there had been a change over the years to some of the medicated dressings in the box.

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qualitygal — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:06:49 GMT

@Nicecupoftea, I'm thankful for that update, I was wondering if you had found it.

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Bird mama — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:02:59 GMT

@Nicecupoftea

Good thing you didn't use anything out of that first aid box!

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Marsha2003 — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 03:49:56 GMT

I'm glad your bleach smell was limited to the first aid kit. The last time I smelled bleach, I found a cracked plastic bottle under the sink and a large puddle of bleach. I think the melamine coating on the shelves reacts somehow with the plastic bottles to weaken them. I've had dish soap bottles start leaking when stored under the sink, too.