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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:

Calcium Phosphate Scale Oct 09, 2024

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

02:15 - Credit to whom it is owed

03:14 - What is calcium phosphate?

08:42 - Formula for calcium phosphate precipitation

14:34 - Lab results (thanks Que Hales!)

16:05 - How to identify and prevent calcium phosphate scale

19:43 - Closing

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Measuring Chemicals: Volume vs. Weight Oct 02, 2024

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

02:29 - Three most profitable tools for pools

06:16 - Dry scoop vs. Liquid measuring cup

09:56 - Product percentages

12:59 - Closing

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Closing time, one last call for calcium Sep 11, 2024

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

05:09 - Previous winterization podcast episodes

06:22 - WHY do we winterize the Orenda way?

07:44 - Three winterization fundamentals

08:16 - Mechanical and physical closing processes

11:18 - Water quality over winter

14:14 - Closing kits

16:26 - Our recommended closing chemicals

18:24 - Water balance over winter

24:15 - Vinyl liner and fiberglass winter damage

25:35 - Pool cover types matter

27:13 - Closing

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Understanding non-chlorine shock (w/ Terry Arko) Sep 04, 2024

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

01:08 - Non-chlorine alternatives

03:06 - Disinfection and sanitization (5 and 3-log reductions)

05:16 - Affinity

07:49 - Oxidation

09:21 - What is non-chlorine shock?

12:06 - Non-chlorine shock vs. combined chlorine?

16:01 - Closing

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Foam and Defoamers (w/ Terry Arko) Aug 28, 2024

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

01:18 - Soap

06:02 - Water temperature, soft water, and foam

12:11 - Defoamer products

17:16 - Proactive foam management: enzymes and chitosan

24:14 - When to drain and refill a spa

27:24 - Closing

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AirBNB, VRBO, and other vacation rental pools and spas Aug 21, 2024

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

01:27 - Unpredictable bather load? Get back to basics.

03:05 - Back to the Four Pillars

04:12 - Four Pillars Action Steps

08:31 - We don't know what happens in these pools

10:17 - Rapidly changing water temperature

14:49 - Pool/Spa Combos

16:22 - Closing

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Pool Brain®

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Automatic pool covers and water chemistry Aug 14, 2024

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

01:29 - Why pool covers change pool chemistry

03:09 - Rain and snow dilution

03:48 - Auto-covers and plaster issues

05:00 - Salt chlorine generators and covered pools

09:11 - Breathable pool covers?

10:08 - Trichlor feeders on pools with autocovers

12:55 - Creative ways to off-gas CO2 from a covered pool

14:43 - Closing

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Pool Brain®

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Saharan dust blowing across the Atlantic Ocean Aug 07, 2024

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

00:58 - Saharan dust research

02:07 - What is Saharan dust?

03:15 - Why Saharan dust is important to our global ecosystem

07:20 - How Saharan dust impacts swimming pools

08:23 - Saharan dust is similar to wildfires and Haboob dust storms

10:11 - Closing

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Pool Brain®

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ruleyourpool@gmail.com

Facebook: @ruleyourpool

YouTube: @rule-your-pool

Mid-summer update 2024 Jul 31, 2024

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

03:29 - LaMotte integration with 601 discs

04:41 - App login vs. Orenda Academy login

06:28 - Watershape University course

06:55 - Closing

______________________________

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

A Pulmonologist's Perspective on Indoor Air Quality, and Blood/Water Chemistry (w/ Mike Fields, MD) Jul 24, 2024

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

01:01 - Why Dr. Fields contacted us

04:58 - Indoor pools and HVAC design

09:59 - What are weezing and asthma?

14:25 - Medications for breathing issues

20:22 - What is a pulmonologist?

22:37 - Explaining chloramines and the pool smell

32:13 - Contamination Sources

34:56 - Blood and water chemistry

42:55 - Closing

______________________________

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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