Drew Callahan Drew Callahan · December 24, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for AIRSTREAM INTERSTATE 19X I was elbow-deep in the lower driver-side cabinet of a 19X I’d just picked up when the owner casually mentioned, “Yeah, it won’t charge from shore power anymore, but the batteries still work fine.” That sentence told me everything: the Xantrex Freedom XC 2000W … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 23, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for LEISURE TRAVEL VANS UNITY Ignore a weeping skylight seal and you’ll spend five figures fixing delaminated ceiling panels and corroded wiring harnesses. I’ve climbed on enough LTV Unitys mid-trip to know the pattern: an owner spots soft drywall or a faint water ring, figures it’s surface moisture, keeps driving … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 23, 2025
Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for AIRSTREAM INTERSTATE 19X Pull back the leading rail on a 19X that’s been parked in the sun for three years and you’ll see it immediately—the fabric where it crimps into the keder channel has gone chalky and brittle, flaking off in your hand like old paint. That’s UV … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 22, 2025
Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for LEISURE TRAVEL VANS UNITY “Hey Drew, my F45s on the Unity won’t retract all the way, and the fabric’s got this tear that keeps getting worse every time I deploy it. Can I just patch it, or am I looking at a full replacement?” That question landed in … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 22, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for WINNEBAGO SOLIS I’m on my back under the Maxxair 7500K vent with a flashlight between my teeth, running my thumb along where the white lap sealant meets the membrane, feeling for the telltale separation that means water’s been pooling there for weeks. On the Winnebago Solis — especially the … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 22, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for LEISURE TRAVEL VANS UNITY A shop quoted me $1,800 labor just to diagnose why a Unity’s inverter wouldn’t switch cleanly between shore power and battery mode — plus another $2,400 if the unit needed replacement. That’s before the owner discovered the real culprit was a corroded TT-30 … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 21, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for WINNEBAGO SOLIS Most Solis owners don’t realize their shore power setup is fighting itself — the factory inverter/charger handoff between 120V inlet and battery mode is loose by design, and it fails in ways that look unrelated until you trace them back to undersized wire terminations, corroded … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 21, 2025
Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for WINNEBAGO SOLIS Is your Solis awning refusing to budge, or does the fabric look like it’s been through a sandstorm? You’re not alone — and the good news is that the Thule HideAway 1200 mechanism on these vans is straightforward enough to tackle in a driveway with basic … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 20, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for THOR TRANQUILITY I was halfway through the Arizona panhandle in late August, sitting in a Tranquility that had just come off a three-month rental fleet rotation, when I plugged into shore power at a RV park and watched the breaker trip instantly. The display on the cabin … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 20, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for THOR TRANQUILITY You’ll hear two contradictory stories if you ask a Thor dealer service department versus someone who’s been running a Tranquility for three years and posting on the RV forums. The dealer tells you the factory sealant is “good for the life of the vehicle” and charges you … Read more
