Drew Callahan · July 2, 2026
So you’re standing in front of a Class B van you’re thinking about buying—or you already own one and something just quit working—and you need to know: what’s actually going to break on this thing, and can you fix it yourself without calling a dealer? The honest answer is that you absolutely can, but only … Read more
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 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 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 19, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for AIRSTREAM RANGELINE I was wedged into the Rangeline’s overhead cabinet with a multimeter probe in each hand when I heard it — a faint crackling sound, almost like rice cereal in milk, coming from somewhere behind the Xantrex panel. That sound meant the shore power inlet was … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 17, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for JAYCO TERRAIN I pulled the corroded shore power connector out of a Terrain last month and the three prongs inside the TT-30R inlet were black — literally oxidized copper from moisture and micro-arcing over two seasons of intermittent use. The previous owner had no idea why his … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 16, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for WINNEBAGO TRAVATO “Drew, my Travato’s inverter keeps throwing fault codes, but a buddy said it might not actually be the inverter—it could be the shore power connection or the batteries themselves. How do I know what’s really broken?” That question landed in my inbox from a full-timer … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 15, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for THOR SEQUENCE Most Thor Sequence owners never catch the slow decay happening inside their inverter until the rig is parked in the middle of nowhere with no power and no cell signal. The Xantrex Freedom XC’s shore power relay corrodes from the inside out, battery terminals loosen … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 13, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for ROADTREK ZION I was parked at a quiet BLM site outside Tonopah when I first heard it — a high-pitched electronic whine coming from under the bed platform, followed by the Xantrex inverter’s display flickering amber, then red. The battery monitor I’d installed the week before showed … Read more
