Baytex ELECTRON 6m User manual

12m ELECTRON
Assembly Instructions
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1. Mark out the site.
Mark out the position of the wall poles
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18m
m 3
m 3
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m 3
2. Square the layout. Check that diagonals
are approximately the same (+ or - 50mm).
When adjusting diagonals make sure the side
lengths remain correct.
3. Clearly mark each corner.
Peg Line
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300mm
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4. Set out the peg lines and position the
corner pegs as shown. Use your feet as
a guide.
5. Space remaining corner pegs evenly.
Peg Line
mm 003
6. Set out the remaining side and end pegs
using the side pole as a guide.
Peg Line

Peg Line
600mm
7. Space pegs evenly either side of the side
pole centre line. Drive all the pegs in fully.
8. Spread out the drop sheet.
9. Set out: side poles, base plates and
ratchet straps.
10. Spread out the fabric.
11. Line up the centre pole grommets. Make
sure the eyelets are on top and the lacing on
the bottom. Pull the outer sister clips together
and connect them.
12. Thread the centre sister clips through the
rain flap loops. Join the sister clips.

13. When correctly assembled the apex looks like this. 14. Start from the top and lace down to the eave line.
LONG
SHORT SHORT
15. When you get to the bottom, the lacing will look
like this.
16. Pass the long lace through the two short lacings.
17. Tie off the long lacing as shown. 18. IMPORTANT. Turn to the underside of the roof and
make sure that the eaveweb sister clips are joined.

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Sister Clips
are under here
19. The finished lacing join looks like this. 20. Pull the lacing line out flat.
Lightly tap down the rain flap velcro joins.
21. Connect all of the ratchet straps to the Electron
and adjoining pegs.
Start to stand up the first corner pole.
22. Position the first corner pole on the mark and adjust
till plumb.
24. Continue to work around the Electron until
all the guys are loosely tied off and all the
poles are upright.
Wind Direction
23. Always start with the corner or side furthest away
from the wind.

25. Tighten the corners as much as possible.
keep the corner poles plumb and don’t over
tighten the side guys.
26. Tension the side guys just enough so the
eave line is curved out.
27. Tie off the jump ropes. 28. At this stage the Electron should look like this.
29. Check that the eave lines are tight and straight. 30. Prepare the telescopic centre poles for installation.
Make sure they are fully compressed.

31. Walk the first centre pole into position. 32. IMPORTANT.*Pass the jump ropes through the eyes
in the top of the pole. *Make sure the pole spike passes
neatly between the two rain flaps.
33. Raise the first pole. Work from the
middle of the Electron.
34. Loosely tie off the jump ropes.
35. The Electron should now look like this. 36. Winch each pole up to its design height.

1700mm
37. Check design height on level ground. 38. Your Electron should now look like this.
39. Your Electron should now look like this. 40. Your Electron should now look like this
from inside.
41. Hang each wall in turn. Work from the inside with the
wall outside the side poles. Tension each wall out as you
go, working from a corner or a pole.
42. Lace the wall sections together as shown.

43. The top of the wall join should look like this.
44. The bottom of the wall join
should look like this.
45. Slide the base rails through the pockets. 46. Lock each base rail to the base fitting.
47. The inside finished view looks like this.
48. If the Electron is set square both the curves should
be identical. If not adjust the corner guys. This is how the
finished Electron should look.