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Fishy smell in bathroom lighting

Asked Jun 5, 2006, 08:01 AM — 14 Answers
Ok, what can it be... We have read many sites that suggest that it is the electrical lighting in bathroom... Even electrician is stumped... Help...

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Jun 20, 2012, 01:26 PM
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Ok, what can it be... We have read many sites that suggest that it is the electrical lighting in bathroom... Even electrician is stumped... Help...
Anytime electricity is causing the smell it is because of heat . Period . Deenergize the circuitry to the bathroom . If smell goes away then re-energize the circuitry to the lighting without turning the lighting on for a few days . If the smell comes back then it is the wiring inside one of the junction boxes . If the spell does not come back then turn on the lighting . Light fixtures emit heat . Even a small amount of material on a light fixture can produce odor for a long amount of time . I have ran into this particular problem and the solution was changing the lightbulbs . The Bulls had a coating on them that was emitting a smell . Lightbulbs come from China . Need I say more ? Do not do any electrical work unless you are a Link Removed licensed electrician and have obtained a permit from a local authority having jurisdiction and have disconnected all power to the structure and or entire neighborhood .
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Sep 28, 2012, 01:28 PM
hi i had the same fishy smelling problem when i turned on my tumble dryer, drove me mad for 2 days, like you I cleaned everything insite !!!! to no avail. Thought id google fishy smell and saw that it could be electrical so i removed the plug from the adaptor which was in the main socket and hey presto found the culprit !!!!! the adaptor plug was melting at the pins !!!!! thank goodness i found it in time hate to think what could have happened.... So warning to anyone who smells fish check all you electrics including plugs !!!!!!
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Nov 18, 2012, 12:32 AM
The fishy smell in my bedroom had been driving me insane for months, I even started sleeping in another room. Couldn't find anything anywhere, even looked in the ceiling above my room in case of rats or a dead animal... and all along it was the lightbulb! It was corroded and nasty, which explains why the smell would go away whenever I had moved out for a while, because I hadn't been switching the lights on! I hate to think what breathing in that stuff might do to me
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Jan 28, 2013, 04:38 PM
I have the same problem. I have tracked it down to the plastic things that hold the glass lamp shades on the collar where the bulb screws in. There must be a replacement and I am on the hunt for it. I bet that is your problem, too.

If anyone has any idea of the name of the part or where to get the part, I would be very appreciative!
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Jan 29, 2013, 10:33 AM
I found the part at Home Depot. It is called a "White Threaded Socket Ring"

Westinghouse White Threaded Socket Ring 7000100 at The Home Depot

Problem solved.

Oh, and I asked the lamp dept people to smell the old ring. They could not believe it. They will never forget it.
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