There is a chemical smell in fridge and water taste funny

SOURCE: chemical odor

Hi serena38,

I'm Harvey the Master Plumber.

Your question is: You have a sweet chemical odor in our boat cabin, it leaves a sweet taste in your mouth. You cannot find the source. The fridge does not work. You can smell the odor stronger when the A/C is turned on or when the boat is closed up with the A/C off. Help????

Great, I live on a boat! I can think of two reasons for this. The first and most likly is electrical. Look carefully at the components especially the capaciter, it's on or near the motor. If it is leaking or out gassing, replace it. Wire corrosion can cause a wire to slowly give off fumes. These kinds of problems are common on a boat so look very carefully i.e. testing meter is helpfull here. I've already expirienced this and it sure was hard to find. Less likely is a freon leak. You won't smell the freon itself but if the oil is a little burnt, that can be smelly indeed. You will need a special leak detector for that. Anyway my money is on the electrical.

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SOURCE: Kitchenaid refrigerator smells.

hi feel sorry for u but if u have all this problems already... why don't u ask the company or store u bought this LEMON..... so replace it or get money back...otherwise go in contact with customer protection and complain to them,,,,,
hope u get a satisfactory answer.....

SOURCE: Ice and Refrigerator and Freezer smell like alcohol chemical

I believe that you might have a coolant leak causing the chemical odor. You really should get it checked out by a fridge repair-person because it's not healthy to breathe in the fumes.

SOURCE: chemical smell in ice and water

you will need to replace the water tank inside the unit

SOURCE: why is there a chemical

the air keeps circulating from the freezer to the fridge,if you put something in the fridge it will make it's way over to the freezer and into the ice,if you have any unwrapped food try covering it,empty the ice and see if that helps,also when was the last time you changed the water filter?there's realy not anything in the machine that would cause this,you can check the ice maker to see if it's rotting out,you might see particles in the cubes but that's about al i can think of.has anybody cleaned out the fridge?if you have cleaning people come in they could have used some kind of cleaner in there.