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How Salt Chlorine Generators Actually Work Mar 16, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Intro

01:07 - Giving credit where credit is due

02:25 - Saltwater pools ARE chlorine pools

04:13 - Salt (NaCl) dissolves in water and the sodium (Na) separates from chloride (Cl-). That chloride is what the salt system converts into chlorine

04:43 - What a salt cell is and how it works

08:45 - Electrolysis converts 2Cl into Cl2, and Eric attempts to read through the three chemistry formulas in order...

13:51 - Because Hydrogen gas (H2) does not dissolve, it bubbles off and creates aeration, which leads carbon dioxide (CO2) to also leave, which raises the pH

17:00 - All of this chemistry depends on having enough conductivity in the water

17:49 - Two factors drive conductivity: water temperature and salinity

22:45 - Summary of the episode in just 3 breaths. Thanks for listening!

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Preparing for Spring Openings in 2022 Mar 02, 2022

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00:00 - Intro

00:59 - What is 2022 going to look like? What can we expect with the supply chain shortages?

05:10 - What can you do NOW to make openings smoother in a few weeks?

08:57 - Most pools with mesh covers (or no covers) will have lower calcium and higher pH than they winterized with.

12:55 - A hard reset in the spring is a very good practice. What can you decide to remove from your water?

16:22 - We can start removing phosphates and non-living organics now. Addressing metals will have to wait until the water is warm enough.

17:50 - A hard reset puts yourself and your customer in the most advantageous position going into the season.

18:36 - Summary - Thanks for listening!

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The Power of Standardizing Pool Chemistry and Practices Feb 23, 2022

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00:00 - Intro....by Jarred?

02:35 - What is a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)?

07:34 - The root of the word "decide".

17:18 - When people do their own thing in a service business, they are incentivized to cover up their mistakes.

21:07 - Collective intelligence

24:00 - Step 1: Gain control of CYA levels.

27:20 - Step 2: Create an LSI floor (foundation) with calcium hardness, and a ceiling with total alkalinity.

34:23 - Step 3: Write down your clearly-defined SOP for chemistry and behaviors. Written down processes, such as using a measuring cup and diluting acid, using a thermometer when you test water, etc.

36:08 - Step 4: Purge and remove contaminants. Decide to remove non-living organics and phosphates from the water.

38:54 - Step 5: Track it. Without documentation, it makes it harder to notice deviations from the baseline.

41:46 - Benefits of standardization: Brand benefits

43:39 - Benefits of standardization: Personnel substitutions are easier

45:57 - Benefits of standardization: Problems will stand out sooner

47:17 - Benefits of standardization: Collective intelligence

47:58 - Benefits of standardization: Reduced employee turnover

48:52 - Benefits of standardization: Better forecasting, which in turn allows for bulk purchasing discounts

50:11 - Summary - Thank you for listening!

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Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover Feb 09, 2022

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00:00 - Intro

01:43 - Swimming is an individual sport AND a team sport. Individual athletes racing the clock are part of a bigger team. This translates to pool companies as well.

04:02 - Let's focus on people. Not the job, not the skills, the people. People are always the most important aspect of a business.

04:32 - The benefits of a baseline, such as water chemistry minimums. Standards lead to collective intelligence, the team becomes more cohesive.

10:09 - Build a family and team atmosphere. Gather input from employees. They know things you do not.

10:45 - A reward system within the team, i.e. "Mojo" the monkey.

13:41 - Involve the homeowners in appreciation of your employees too. Example: Southwest Airlines 'kick-tails'

17:47 - With more profitability comes opportunities to clean up the brand. Better uniforms, cleaning the trucks, etc. Everyone wants to take pride in their work.

19:25 - Increasing the margin for error also helps keep employees. Example: customer adopted the Orenda program and noticed their employees were starting with some 'early wins' and getting compliments early on. More room for error means less frustration when learning.

23:24 - Training is available all over the place. Orenda has Orenda Academy, this podcast, over 100 blogs, videos and procedures too. But other companies do too. Manufacturers want to train your people.

24:15 - Summary: Let your team build a healthy culture, once you have established a baseline and a family/team atmosphere.

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Organic Staining and Tannins Jan 19, 2022

Show notes

00:00 - Intro

01:44 - Drinks made from plants have natural color from Tannins. Wine, coffee, tea, etc.

06:10 - Nothing replaces the importance of physically cleaning organics out of the pool. Leaves, acorns and other droppings will overwhelm chlorine if you do not regularly remove them.

10:25 - Tannins can be soaked out of decaying organics. They either stain the surface or discolor the water, or both.

12:48 - If you don't clean off mesh covers, decaying organics will release tannins into the pool below the cover. It's not pretty.

14:20 - Cleaning up tannin stains and discoloration mostly involves chlorination. But is chlorination the most efficient way of handling tannins? Not in our opinion.

15:58 - CV-600 and CV-700 enzymes are awesome for handling tannins. Enzymes devour them.

19:05 - How can you identify if it's an organic or metal issue? You can do the white bucket test. Scoop some water into the clean white bucket and add a bit of liquid chlorine. If it clears up, it was either algae or tannins (organics). If the water gets darker, it's metals.

21:03 - Summary. Thanks for listening! If you have questions or requests: podcast@orendatech.com

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Uneven Carbonation & other Plaster Discoloration | Calcium Issues, pt. 5 Jan 05, 2022

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00:00 - Intro

01:49 - Most people mistake this problem for scale. But it's not scale.

05:05 - This is a chemistry issue, not specific to brand of finish or pigment. This is not a cement or pigment failure, it's a water chemistry problem that can be prevented.

06:01 - How this occurs during plaster application, exposure and startup.

15:36 - How this occurs months or years later, from aggressive water over time.

21:04 - When we get calls about these issues, the answer is not always good news. We are not in the business of pointing fingers at who caused what.

25:45 - Two causes of etching: not diluting acid, and using trichlor feeders, especially on pools with auto covers.

28:35 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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Calcite Crystals | Calcium Issues, pt. 4 Dec 29, 2021

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00:00 - Intro

04:18 - Calcite crystals are not the same thing as scale

10:49 - Jarred describes photos of crystals

14:18 - Jarred explains how to prevent crystals, and explains it better than Eric. Well done, Jarred.

25:16 - We know of 4 types of crystals. Each has a different difficulty of removal.

32:35 - Jarred summarizes, and summarizes better than Eric. Now you're just showing off, Jarred.

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Calcium Nodules | Calcium Issues, pt. 3 Dec 22, 2021

Show notes

00:00 - Intro

02:00 - Look up "nodule" on blog.orendatech.com, and you will find articles that show photos of calcium nodules. You can also do an online search of nodules and find plenty of information.

04:32 - This is the Orenda podcast, and we believe you should hear both opinions on nodules. First, the NPC's position.

08:08 - Now, the onBalance position.

12:42 - Both sides acknowledge nodules are not scale. They are minerals from within (or behind) the plaster surface that come to the surface.

17:12 - Water chemistry itself cannot stop nodules once they've started. They are not chemistry problems, in our experience. They are a physical problem with structural weaknesses in cement.

20:12 - Summary - thanks for listening! If you have comments or requests for the show, our new email address is podcast@orendatech.com.

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Carbonate Clouding and Dust | Calcium Issues, pt. 2 Dec 15, 2021

Show notes

00:00 - Intro

00:36 - Welcome to the team, Ryan Rickaby!

01:20 - Review of calcium hardness (amount of calcium carbonate) vs. LSI (saturation of calcium carbonate)

04:30 - Soda ash clouds the water instantly

12:10 - Sharing Eric's screen (alkalinity equilibrium), which can be found on the Orenda Blog, search for Alkalinity

14:21 - When the pH is high enough, carbonate ions (CO3- -) perfectly match with calcium ions (Ca++) to form calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

19:10 - If you put 11+ pH soda ash into the water, it will convert bicarbonate into carbonate, on top of the sodium carbonate you just added, which forces an LSI violation locally. So adding soda ash should be added slowly, and pre-dissolved.

19:56 - The cloud, it either gets filtered out, goes back into solution when the chemistry normalizes, or it precipitates out as dust.

20:27 - Plaster dust

26:52 - Carbonate clouding

30:12 - Winter dust

34:52 - Summary - Thanks for listening!

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