Drew Callahan · December 8, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for GRECH STRADA You’ll hear two completely different stories about the Grech Strada’s Victron MultiPlus-II inverter depending on who you ask. Dealer service departments will tell you that any handoff glitch between shore power and battery mode is normal behavior, a “known quirk” of the system, and that … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 7, 2025
Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for OUTSIDE VAN ATERRA The Fiamma F45s 300 awning on the ATERRA mounts directly to the Sprinter’s aluminum extrusion rail through a bracket system that Outside Van secures with both Torx fasteners and riveted backing plates — sheet metal screws alone aren’t holding this load. When the motor begins … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 7, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for OUTSIDE VAN ATERRA Your ATERRA’s dealer paperwork doesn’t spell out what happens when water finds its way under a lifted sealant edge — or how to tell the difference between a repair you can handle with a caulking gun and one that’s already rotted structural plywood underneath. I’ve opened … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 7, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for OUTSIDE VAN ATERRA I was three days into a desert run near Sedona when I heard it — a rapid clicking from inside the electrical cabinet every time I plugged into shore power. Not a loud relay snap, but a stutter-click-stutter that meant something was fighting itself. … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 6, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for WINNEBAGO EKKO Most Ekko owners assume their Xantrex Freedom XC 2000W inverter/charger will either work or fail completely — that there’s no middle ground. That assumption costs them thousands in unnecessary repairs and weeks of troubleshooting the wrong end of the system. The truth is messier: the … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 6, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for WINNEBAGO EKKO I was standing on the Transit 350 HD roof of a 2022 Ekko last month, eight-foot ladder planted on asphalt, running my fingers along the rear cap-to-metal roof seam where the fiberglass composite curves down to meet the factory Ford roof structure. The sealant there was separated, … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 5, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for COACHMEN GALLERIA Skip this maintenance and water will find its way in — not immediately, but inevitably. What starts as a hairline crack in sealant or a lifted seam becomes ceiling stains, then soft spots in the headliner, then structural rot that spreads into sidewalls and cabinetry faster than … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 5, 2025
Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for WINNEBAGO EKKO I pulled the old fabric off my Ekko’s Thule HideAway 1200 last month and found UV damage I couldn’t see from the ground—hairline cracks running parallel to the leading edge seam, the kind that start leaking water into the wall cavity before you realize the fabric’s … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 4, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for THOR DAZZLE “Drew, I’ve got water stains showing up on my Dazzle ceiling near the vents, and I can’t figure out where it’s coming from. The roof looks fine from the ground.” That’s almost verbatim what I heard from a full-timer parked outside Yuma last month—and it’s the exact … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 4, 2025
Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for COACHMEN GALLERIA I’m standing on the ladder with my socket set spread across the roof rail, one arm holding the roller tube steady while I assess what’s actually broken on this Galleria’s awning. The fabric’s been cracking under UV for months, there’s a seam splitting at the pull-strap … Read more
