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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:

Green and Yellow (Mustard) Algae (w/ Terry Arko) Jul 26, 2023

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

01:53 - 30,000+ species of algae exist

07:45 - Planktonic and Filimentous algae types

09:48 - Organic slime protects algae

10:43 - Brushing helps prevent algae

13:44 - Why we advise against using algaecide products

14:48 - Why algae can have different colors

16:11 - How to treat a pool with algae

17:58 - How to prevent algae

21:11 - How much chlorine is needed with CYA?

27:17 - Conclusion. Thanks for listening!

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Black Algae Jul 19, 2023

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

02-54 - Black Algae is actually cyanobacteria

06:02 - To have black algae, it has to be transmitted from elsewhere

08:24 - Black algae is protected by a non-living organic shield

12:48 - Softening the shield

15:43 - Black algae removal procedure

17:18 - Cleaning up afterward

19:26 - No need to superchlorinate

22:30 - Killing the root of the bacteria

24:31 - How to prevent black algae

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Chelating vs. Sequestering, and Chlorinating after SC-1000 Jul 04, 2023

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

01:12 - Why SC-1000 reduces free chlorine

02:58 - How to use SC-1000 without zeroing out free chlorine

04:25 - How to chlorinate after SC-1000

05:29 - Sequestering vs. chelating

07:09 - The distinction between metals and minerals

08:06 - Phosphate-based sequestering agents

10:17 - Cold water temperature

11:33 - Use SC-1000 in the spring, not the fall

12:32 - Recap

13:42 - Closing, and new HASA Feedback email, feedback@hasa.com

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Understanding Calcium: the bedrock of water balance Jun 28, 2023

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

01:09 - Previous podcast episodes about calcium

03:08 - Calcium is the bedrock of water balance

05:02 - Quick LSI review

09:50 - Water will balance itself if it has to

11:12 - High alkalinity is more likely to cause scale than high calcium hardness

14:35 - Picking the right calcium hardness level

18:45 - Our thought process behind these numbers

22:46 - What is calcium hardness, specifically?

27:10 - Conclusion

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Understanding Bromine (w/ Terry Arko) Jun 21, 2023

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

00:46 - Eric's nostalgia for the bromine smell, and collegiate swimming

04:02 - Halogens create salts

05:29 - Recharging bromide ions into HOBr

06:51 - Chlorine vs. Bromine

09:15 - Bromamines

10:55 - Back to the bromine cycle, it's a two-edged sword

11:44 - Enough sodium bromide can convert a chlorine pool into bromine

16:57 - 3 types of bromine products

21:39 - Trihalomethanes (THMs)

24:16 - Bromates

27:57 - Is bromine compatible with chlorine?

29:21 - Wrap up

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Connect with Orenda Technologies

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Watershape University®

Water chemistry questions?
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ruleyourpool@gmail.com

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Chemical Forecasting (w/ Tyler Mills) Jun 14, 2023

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

01:38 - Does your local distributor stock ALL the products you need?

05:56 - Freight minimums and group purchasing

12:28 - How to forecast chemical usage

14:51 - Distributors can forecast better than any of us

17:09 - Seasonal demands

23:00 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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Connect with Orenda Technologies

Website: https://www.orendatech.com

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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

Minimalism: Addition by Subtraction Jun 09, 2023

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

02:00 - What is traditional pool care?

04:36 - Pool chemical conflicts

09:08 - Contrast that with Eric's pool on the Orenda program

14:34 - Simplify, and subtract things from the water

17:26 - Success is a choice

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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

The Return of the King (w/ Harold Evans) Jun 02, 2023

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

00:59 - Harold's global voyage

04:34 - Why Harold decided it was time to sell Orenda

07:03 - New advisory role

08:16 - Why HASA?

10:30 - Why chlorine and acid prices were increased

12:50 - Quality Control

14:13 - Control the controllables

16:53 - Why the 4x1 returnable model makes sense

19:51 - Education will continue to expand

22:31 - New email address for complaints and feedback (coming soon)

25:35 - Want grace? Then give grace.

29:04 - Looking forward with gratitude

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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

Clean water with a slice of Humble Pie May 25, 2023

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

01:39 - Fixer upper

03:23 - Why not just drain the pool and clean it out?

07:44 - Mistakes were made

09:46 - White bucket test...with a stupid, dangerous, distracted mistake

12:42 - Green pool cleanup process

16:06 - Churn it up, then shut it off and wait

16:23 - Quality water needs circulation and filtration

23:41 - 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

Top Ten things Kathryn has learned from Orenda May 17, 2023

Show notes

00:00 - Introduction

00:19 - Kathryn's background

03:48 - 10. Trade shows can be laid back

06:46 - 9. Paper still matters, but sharing digital marketing is effortless

10:22 - 8. Get training

11:52 - 7. Don't be a splash and dash pool pro

13:57 - 6. Measure your pool

15:37 - 5. Stop abusing trichlor tabs

18:59 - 4. Temperature matters

20:16 - 3. Obey physics, stop fighting them

20:53 - 2. Test and know your fill water

25:35 - 1. LSI first, range chemistry second

29:46 - Wrap up

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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

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