Wierd Smell

domestic_goddess

I have just looked at the light fiting and it is turning a brown colour... would the smell only be when the light is on though.... i am sure i have smelt it through the day once or twice although it is usually on a night when we are getting ready for bed!

Thanks for all your replies I would never have thought of the electrics or the light.... I thought there was something really wrong.....

emilyt

Yes we have had the same problem and it was caused by the electric switch to our shower. Everytime someone had a shower we got an awful smell of fish. Once the electrician had re newed the switch the smell had gone. Most certainly will be an electrical fault.

hrafndot

tanith wrote:

The previous tenants sewed prawns into the hem of the curtain?... I read about this happening somewhere...........:eek:

I read this story too, but the prawns were stuffed into the curtain pole by a jilted wife. Smell was so bad jilting husband eventually sold the house (but he took the curtain pole with him!!).

baldelectrician

yep
I agree with emily

The most likely cause is the shower switch- the connections can work loose over time and may need checked.

Better get it looked at before you use the shower again.