On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 05:47:13 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:

>On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 20:16:14 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>> As per subject heading, I have a mild but persistent smell in my
>>> fridge, as though something in there is bad - only problem is, there
>>> isn't anything in there like that.
>>>
>>> A few days ago I removed everything and thoroughly cleaned the fridge,
>>> then checked (and cleaned) every item before returning them to the
>>> fridge. I never did find the cause, although I did suspect an egg
>>> carton that has been reused many times (that never went back into the
>>> fridge). I also checked the eggs for any bad ones. Nope.
>>>
>>> Yesterday I tried an onion halved, then some vanilla extract.
>>> To no avail...
>>>
>>> The fridge is in good condition and about 5 y/o now. Always been kept
>>> clean. There are one or two vents inside the fridge I haven't
>>> investigated as yet... but will after posting this.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any ideas how to get rid of the smell?
>>> No, I'm not buying a new fridge, so let's not go there
>>
>>Is there a drip pan underneath? The fridge in my first apartment had one
>>and if it wasn't cleaned regularly, there would be an odor. I've never had
>>one since with such a pan but...
>
>Thanks Julie, I'll check for a drip pan later when the sun comes up.

Every frost free unit I've seen has a drip pan, sometimes not readily
seen... the owner's manual will show where it is... often it's only
half the fridge width and set a bit higher up off the floor so there's
enough room to dust underneath without pulling the fridge all the way
out from the wall, but then therre'd be a removeable grille for
access. Also pull out the bottom vegetable bin(s), clean underneath
and unplug the drain hole, spiders clog them, sometimes schmutz grows
inside... I've seen where people have never pulled out a vegetable
bin, they just clean the inside with a sponge... they can't pull it
out unless they pull the fridge out, and because of the location,
maybe in a corner of the room up against a wall, the door won't open
all the way so the bin can't be removed... sometimes people have the
fridge jammed tight into a recess that prevents the door opening
enough to pull out the bin and also so it's difficult to pull the
fridge out enough to fully open the door. I've seen an instance where
the door needed to be unbolted and removed in order to pull out the
bin... shortly after the fridge was installed they had a cabinet built
that prevented the door from being fully opened and another cabinet on
the oppostie wall of their galley kitchen that prevented the fridge
from being pulled out. It was one of these huge Sub Zero fridges that
they thought would last forever so they built the kitchen around it...
they had far more dollars than functioning brain cells.