3 1/2" x 2" Rubber Coupler #2033 Connect panels together	#40 Stainless steel clamp #2031 Secures couplers to panels	Cap and Base tie-down cleat--separated. #6918/6919 Secure Dacron & vinyl straps to mounting surface
Cap and Base with Dacron strap Note single knot in Dacron strap ends	2" CPVC Female Adapter #5081 Connects PVC piping to panels	2" End Cap #5080 Used at end of panel header
2" Vacuum Relief #187 Help facilitate panel drainage	ST Bracket #6947 Slide onto header to secure upper header	ST Bracket on panel header
Mini-display panel showing all components in relative position

SunSaver

• Reinforced rubber couplers and stainless steel "worm-drive" clamps hold panels together.
  • These couplers and clamps are also used on the end of each panel header to hold end caps, vacuum relief valves, and female adapters as needed to the panels (see below).
• Two-piece tie-down cleats (cap and base) are used to secure all strapping to the mounting surface.
  • The "base" is bolted and sealed to the mounting surface, the strap is laid in the groove, and the "cap" then threads onto the base securing the strap.
• Short 32" Dacron strap wrap around the rubber couplers along the upper header
  • These Dacron straps are either precut or cut on-site from 150' roll.
  • The ST bracket can be substituted for this strap and cleat
  • Tie knot is all strap ends
• Short 32" vinyl  strap (not shown above) is similarly used for the lower header as needed.
  • The vinyl straps typically come precut and are used at the couplers of the bottom header to allow panel expansion and contraction.  Depending on wind conditions, they can be put at every coupler, at every other coupler, only at the corners, or not at all. 
• Dacron "belly band" straps hold the panel body down to mounting surface. 
  • These straps either come precut at 62" long or are cut on-site from a 150' continuous roll.
  • 8' panels use two while 10' and 12' panels use three. 
  • They should be located 6-24" above lower header and likewise below upper header and the third, if used, is across the middle of the panel.
  • Tie knot is all strap ends
• CPVC female adapter -- used at all PVC pipe/panel connections
• End cap -- used at all non-piped corners (if VR is not used)
• Vacuum relief valve (VR) -- usually placed at one end of upper header to facilitate drainage.

SunSaver ST

The SunSaver ST panel uses the same couplers and clamps to hold the panels together and vinyl straps and cleats for the lower header.  This panel does not need Dacron belly bands due to its more open design.  Instead of the short Dacron strap and cleat at the upper header this panel can use an unique hold-down bracket at the upper header.  This bracket can also be used with SunSaver as well.  The advantage of the bracket is that it can be moved along the panel header to any location.  This is convenient if you want to secure to a rafter or other structural element not inline with the coupler location.