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Rule Your Pool — Chemistry
Rule Your Pool

Rule Your Pool is a podcast by Orenda Technologies. This show was created for pool owners, operators, and service pros who want the best water quality possible. If you want to know what’s really going on with your swimming pool chemistry, this might be the podcast for you. Each week, we’ll cover a new topic related to swimming pools, water chemistry, or indoor air quality. With our help, you’ll be able to rule your pool without over-treating it with chemicals and wasting money.

Copyright: © 2022 - Orenda Technologies

Latest Episodes:

How to use the Orenda App Dec 24, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

01:22 - Exploring the main menu and features of the Orenda App

03:14 - Blogs, procedures and videos are all shareable on the app

03:50 - App settings allows you to select language, units of measurement, and toggle borate on/off

05:48 - How to use the Orenda Calculator

08:05 - Real-time LSI and color codes

08:28 - How the Orenda Calculator dials work

10:01 - How to get chemical doses

14:44 - Chlorine and phosphates are segmented below the LSI line because they do not impact LSI, but are used in the chemical dosing calculator

15:24 - Sharing results, and an example of a software bug

17:29 - Scenario 1: winterizing a pool

24:35 - Scenario 2: weekly pool service

28:20 - How to contain pH and maintain LSI balance all week (in other words, how to Rule Your Pool)

32:47 - Chlorine dosing

34:35 - Old habits die hard. Kill them anyway.

35:53 - Summary. Thanks for listening, thanks for using our app, and Merry Christmas!

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7/7 - What raises and lowers Phosphates? Dec 21, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

00:59 - What are phosphates?

02:59 - Where do phosphates come from?

03:09 - Chemically raising phosphates

05:42 - Phosphates in drinking water

08:22 - Environmental factors that introduce phosphates

09:14 - What lowers phosphates in pools?

09:18 - Reverse Osmosis (RO) filtration

10:58 - Rain and snow dilution

11:31 - Phosphate remover products

13:11 - Summary

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6/7 - What raises and lowers Combined Chlorine? Dec 14, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

00:35 - What is combined chlorine?

03:20 - What raises combined chlorine?

04:15 - Nitrogen sources in commercial pools

07:29 - Nitrogen sources in residential pools

08:34 - What lowers combined chlorine?

08:59 - Chemical ways to reduce combined chlorine

12:46 - Mechanical ways to reduce combined chlorine

15:03 - Summary - after nitrogen is oxidized...

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Connect with Orenda Technologies

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Swim Across America | Team Orenda: https://www.swimacrossamerica.org/goto/orenda

______________________________

Connect with us!

Game Changing Pool Business Software:

Pool Brain®

Realize your full potential.
Watershape University®

Water chemistry questions?
Orenda®

Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show:
ruleyourpool@gmail.com

Facebook: @ruleyourpool

YouTube: @rule-your-pool

5/7 - What raises and lowers Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)? Dec 07, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction to our new seven-part series

00:30 - What is TDS?

02:39 - Myths about TDS

04:32 - What raises TDS?

06:29 - What lowers TDS?

07:05 - Reverse Osmosis filtration

07:34 - Summary

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Connect with Orenda Technologies

Website: https://www.orendatech.com

Help Center: https://ask.orendatech.com

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orendatechnologies/

Swim Across America | Team Orenda: https://www.swimacrossamerica.org/goto/orenda

______________________________

Connect with us!

Game Changing Pool Business Software:

Pool Brain®

Realize your full potential.
Watershape University®

Water chemistry questions?
Orenda®

Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show:
ruleyourpool@gmail.com

Facebook: @ruleyourpool

YouTube: @rule-your-pool

4/7 - What raises and lowers Cyanuric Acid (CYA)? Nov 30, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

00:54 - What is Cyanuric Acid (CYA)?

03:33 - CYA controls the speed of chlorine

05:04 - Minimal CYA is our Fourth Pillar of proactive pool care

06:25 - What raises CYA?

08:18 - What lowers CYA?

11:05 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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Connect with Orenda Technologies

Website: https://www.orendatech.com

Help Center: https://ask.orendatech.com

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orendatechnologies/

Swim Across America | Team Orenda: https://www.swimacrossamerica.org/goto/orenda

______________________________

Connect with us!

Game Changing Pool Business Software:

Pool Brain®

Realize your full potential.
Watershape University®

Water chemistry questions?
Orenda®

Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show:
ruleyourpool@gmail.com

Facebook: @ruleyourpool

YouTube: @rule-your-pool

3/7 - What raises and lowers Calcium Hardness? Nov 23, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

00:47 - Happy Thanksgiving!

02:54 - What is calcium hardness?

03:50 - What raises calcium hardness?

06:49 - What lowers calcium hardness?

09:37 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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Connect with Orenda Technologies

Website: https://www.orendatech.com

Help Center: https://ask.orendatech.com

Blog: https://blog.orendatech.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/OrendaTechnologies

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orendatech/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orendatechnologies/

Swim Across America | Team Orenda: https://www.swimacrossamerica.org/goto/orenda

______________________________

Connect with us!

Game Changing Pool Business Software:

Pool Brain®

Realize your full potential.
Watershape University®

Water chemistry questions?
Orenda®

Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show:
ruleyourpool@gmail.com

Facebook: @ruleyourpool

YouTube: @rule-your-pool

2/7 - What raises and lowers Total Alkalinity? Nov 16, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

00:35 - What is alkalinity?

02:45 - The purpose of alkalinity

03:42 - pH determines the types of alkalinity in your water

04:48 - What raises total alkalinity?

06:47 - Why alkalinity rises in pools with CO2 injectors

09:07 - What lowers total alkalinity?

11:58 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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Connect with Orenda Technologies

Website: https://www.orendatech.com

Help Center: https://ask.orendatech.com

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orendatech/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orendatechnologies/

Swim Across America | Team Orenda: https://www.swimacrossamerica.org/goto/orenda

______________________________

Connect with us!

Game Changing Pool Business Software:

Pool Brain®

Realize your full potential.
Watershape University®

Water chemistry questions?
Orenda®

Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show:
ruleyourpool@gmail.com

Facebook: @ruleyourpool

YouTube: @rule-your-pool

1/7 - What raises and lowers pH? Nov 09, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

00:38 - Overview/recap of what pH is and what it means

02:30 - pH dogma in the swimming pool industry, debunked

05:24 - pH is about dissolved Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

06:37 - pH ceiling (when CO2 is equalized between water and air)

07:16 - What raises pH?

11:14 - What lowers pH?

13:48 - pH suppression

15:13 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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Connect with Orenda Technologies

Website: https://www.orendatech.com

Help Center: https://ask.orendatech.com

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orendatechnologies/

Swim Across America | Team Orenda: https://www.swimacrossamerica.org/goto/orenda

______________________________

Connect with us!

Game Changing Pool Business Software:

Pool Brain®

Realize your full potential.
Watershape University®

Water chemistry questions?
Orenda®

Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show:
ruleyourpool@gmail.com

Facebook: @ruleyourpool

YouTube: @rule-your-pool

Intro - What Raises and Lowers specific chemistry factors? (7-part series) Nov 02, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction to our new seven-part series

01:37 - We need to get back to the basics, thanks to the questions we are getting from you

02:38 - You are the reason we keep producing this podcast. Thank you for listening!

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Connect with Orenda Technologies

Website: https://www.orendatech.com

Help Center: https://ask.orendatech.com

Blog: https://blog.orendatech.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/OrendaTechnologies

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orendatech/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orendatechnologies/

Swim Across America | Team Orenda: https://www.swimacrossamerica.org/goto/orenda

______________________________

Connect with us!

Game Changing Pool Business Software:

Pool Brain®

Realize your full potential.
Watershape University®

Water chemistry questions?
Orenda®

Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show:
ruleyourpool@gmail.com

Facebook: @ruleyourpool

YouTube: @rule-your-pool

Cold Water Startups Oct 26, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Intro

03:13 - The Orenda Startup™ is still about LSI in colder water. In fact, the LSI is probably even more important in colder water.

04:23 - Three main startup procedure differences to focus on when the water is cold (and getting colder)

05:22 - 1) More calcium hardness

08:34 - 2) When and where to add SC-1000

13:57 - 3) Let the cement dry for a few hours before turning the water on

17:49 - Postpone salt and acid treatments until spring

24:00 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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Connect with Orenda Technologies

Website: https://www.orendatech.com

Help Center: https://ask.orendatech.com

Blog: https://blog.orendatech.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/OrendaTechnologies

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orendatech/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orendatechnologies/

Swim Across America | Team Orenda: https://www.swimacrossamerica.org/goto/orenda

______________________________

Connect with us!

Game Changing Pool Business Software:

Pool Brain®

Realize your full potential.
Watershape University®

Water chemistry questions?
Orenda®

Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show:
ruleyourpool@gmail.com

Facebook: @ruleyourpool

YouTube: @rule-your-pool

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