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7. As soon as a panel is fastened in place, install
two safety cables to secure it. Safety
attachments must be able to bear at least 10
times the weight of all the panels they secure.
See Figure 6. Loop safety cables in a
figure-of-eight around vertical side columns
and the supporting structure or the panel
above so that if a rigging clamp or conical
connector fails, the weight of the panels will be
held by the vertical columns and the blocks
the columns are anchored in, and not by the
panel bases or top rails.
8. See Figure 7. Continue hanging panels,
attaching them with conical couplers (A)
secured with threaded spigots (B) as shown in
Figure 7. As soon as a panel is added to an
array, secure it with two safety attachments.
Figure 6: Panel-to-panel safety cable attachment
Figure 7: Conical coupler system
A
A
B
B
B
B