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| Foam and Defoamers (w/ Terry Arko) | 28 Aug 2024 | 00:31:28 | |
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 ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| AirBNB, VRBO, and other vacation rental pools and spas | 21 Aug 2024 | 00:17:36 | |
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 ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Full Transparency - Changes are Coming | 12 Jun 2024 | 00:18:13 | |
00:00 - Introduction 02:20 - Updating bicarbonate's pKa from 6.14 to 6.27 08:24 - Orenda app integration with a test kit 08:51 - The new calculator 15:02 - Account login 16:37 - Closing ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover | 09 Feb 2022 | 00:26:12 | |
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 | 19 Jan 2022 | 00:22:16 | |
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 ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Uneven Carbonation & other Plaster Discoloration | Calcium Issues, pt. 5 | 05 Jan 2022 | 00:31:33 | |
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! ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Calcite Crystals | Calcium Issues, pt. 4 | 29 Dec 2021 | 00:37:11 | |
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 | 22 Dec 2021 | 00:21:17 | |
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 | 15 Dec 2021 | 00:38:26 | |
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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| What is Scale? | Calcium Issues, pt. 1 | 08 Dec 2021 | 00:34:32 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:57 - Definition of scale: Scale is the hardened deposit of a calcium compound that has precipitated out of solution. 02:30 - Analogy of sugar in a drink. This analogy explains the difference between the saturation of calcium carbonate (LSI), and the amount of calcium carbonate (calcium hardness). 06:33 - Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is the most common form of scale, by far. But there are other forms of scale: calcium silica, calcium sulfate, calcium phosphate, and probably some other obscure ones we have yet to encounter. They are more difficult to deal with. 12:35 - The same amount of 'sugar' (calcium carbonate) can be too much, too little, or just right, depending on other factors in the LSI. The key here is that scale falls out of solution when the water is oversaturated. Carbonate scale occurs over +0.30 LSI. 16:10 - When you see scale in your pool, it will always be in the hottest places first. In the case of carbonate scale, it will be in the highest-LSI areas first. Primarily a salt cell or heater. Flakes in salt cells occur because of a localized LSI violation in the salt cell. 22:08 - If scale is not on plastic fittings, the face of tile, lights, etc., it's not scale. It must have come from the cement, not the water. 25:46 - To chelate or sequester, the water needs to be warm enough (~65ºF or warmer), or else the chemicals will not activate. The warmer the water, the faster these chemicals work. 29:06 - How to remove scale 32:28 - Summary. Thanks for listening! Stay tuned for the next four episodes in this series of calcium issues.
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| Draining and Diluting a Pool | 01 Dec 2021 | 00:16:57 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:42 - Dilution is not always the solution. But it can be the most practical answer to get certain chemistry levels reduced. 06:54 - Evaporation will not lead to dilution, because the dissolved solids stayed behind. Things will accumulate because tap water adds more dissolved solids to the water. 07:09 - Dilution is not so much about high Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), it's about what's in that TDS. Specifically high cyanuric acid, and high calcium hardness. 09:55 - You don't have to dilute all at once, it can be done over several weeks or more. You can also let nature dilute it for you (rain and snow). 12:40 - If your chemistry is preventing you from maintaining LSI balance or having proper sanitation, draining and diluting might help you simplify your chemistry. Draining/diluting is much better than throwing a whole bunch of other chemicals in the water. 15:37 - Summary - Dilution is a good thing in many cases, but it's not always necessary. Thanks for listening!
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| Ways to suppress pH from naturally rising | 17 Nov 2021 | 00:27:15 | |
00:00 - Intro 02:01 - Recap of Henry's Law of differential pressures. Any gas dissolved in a liquid will equalize with that same gas above the liquid. 04:36 - If you exceed the pH ceiling, the atmosphere will literally push CO2 back into the water. 04:57 - Where does CO2 come from when adding acid? It converts bicarbonate into carbonic acid (dissolved CO2). 07:50 - We don't want bicarbonate ions to convert into carbonate ions (at 8.3 pH or higher) because carbonates are attracted to calcium ions, creating calcium carbonate. 12:12 - How can we stop the rise of pH? How can we suppress pH? 12:39 - Analogy of the beer: what can you do to stop the beer from going flat? Think of it that way. How can you stop (or slow) the loss of CO2? 16:36 - Three categories of ways to suppress pH: cover the pool, chemically suppress it (acid feeder, CO2 injector, trichlor chlorine), and have very low alkalinity or high CYA to lower the pH ceiling. 18:53 - Explanation of sense-and-dispense acid feeders, and the challenges with them (overfeeding acid). 23:36 - If you don't have any of those reasons listed, but your pH is still being suppressed, please contact us! Teach us so we can learn more about this topic. 26:25 - Conclusion. Thanks for listening! ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Water Chemistry Testing: 201 | 10 Nov 2021 | 00:28:31 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:11 - Things can go wrong in water testing, so let's review the common mistakes and interferences. 05:07 - Reagent expiration dates mean nothing if the kit is not stored properly. All test kits have a finite shelf life. 09:10 - Bleaching reagents (very high chlorine) can distort other tests too. 15:08 - Cold water interferes with accuracy too. Warm the sample before testing. 18:48 - Mistakes are common when collecting a sample and taking it somewhere. Grab the sample from below the water surface, fill the clean bottle completely without a big pocket of air in it, and then take it directly to the pool store or lab. The longer you wait, the less accurate the test results. 23:29 - A few other items: lighting is important for color comparison tests, and if you notice something is way off, test again and examine your test kit for problems. Practice, practice, practice. 26:49 - Summary. Thanks for listening!
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| Understanding Cyanurate Alkalinity | 05 Jun 2024 | 00:30:30 | |
00:00 - Introduction 05:50 - Does the Orenda Calculator™ adjust alkalinity for CYA? 09:44 - pH buffering system: acids and conjugate bases 12:49 - Hydrogens move around, but don't go away 16:01 - pKa values 19:05 - Cyanuric acid and Cyanurate ion 22:13 - More CYA increases buffering capacity 25:15 - Using chlorine vs. Losing chlorine 28:52 - Closing ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Water Chemistry Testing: 101 | 03 Nov 2021 | 00:29:42 | |
00:00 - Intro - Joe's back! 01:44 - Water chemistry testing is important because without it, managing swimming pools well becomes impossible. 05:55 - Water testing is not difficult, but it takes practice and some effort to get good at it. It helps to keep a log of your test results! 06:31 - How often should you test? It depends on the factor(s), but some should be every week, other should be once a month. Free chlorine may be a few times a week in some cases. 13:10 - If you track your results, managing your pool becomes easier because you will notice some trends and you can predict where your water will go. 15:36 - There's one more factor that isn't measured with a test kit that is very important: water temperature. 20:17 - There are many different ways to test the water. What type of kit is right for you? 24:00 - Take care of your test kit! Store it right, clean it, follow instructions, calibrate electronics (if applicable), and don't let reagents expire. 27:24 - Get good at testing if you're the one testing the water. It takes practice, but make the effort to be proficient in it. It's an important skill to have. 28:26 - Thanks for listening!
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| Introducing the Orenda Help Desk in Pool Service Software (PSS) | 27 Oct 2021 | 00:23:29 | |
00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Today's episode is about addressing problem pools in the most efficient way 02:02 - Introducing Gus Velez, founder of Pool Service Software 04:36 - PSS users are pool service professionals 07:35 - They had a few chemistry support tickets come in, and they are not chemistry experts. So they went out looking for a partner who can help their users with water chemistry. They found Orenda. 10:28 - When you call Orenda, it's most helpful if you give us the right info about the pool. Photos, chemistry history, age of the pool, etc. 13:47 - Users can just touch a button in PSS and it sends the pool's information–and the user's question–directly to Orenda. 16:32 - PSS also has a web-based dashboard, and business owners can also request Orenda support on behalf of their employees. 18:54 - This integration makes our job easier at Orenda, because we have the right information to answer questions faster. 20:59 - Thanks for listening!
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| PPM and PPB | 20 Oct 2021 | 00:14:04 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:59 - PPM = parts per million. It's the density of a given substance dissolved in water. It's the ratio of that substance compared to water. 1 PPM means the dissolved substance is one-millionth of the volume of water. 03:47 - PPM = mg/L. Converting from the metric system it makes sense. 1 cubic meter of water contains 1000 Liters. Each liter contains 1000 mL. Then we switch to solids, because we're talking about dissolved substances. 1 mL = 1000 mg. 07:00 - Brief overview of chemistry targets that use PPM 10:16 - Phosphates are measured in PPB, not PPM. Parts per billion is one-thousandth of a PPM. 1000 ppb = 1 ppm. 11:56 - Conclusion. Thanks for listening! ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Concrete Pool Shell Problems | Weepers, Efflorescence, and Calcium Nodules | 13 Oct 2021 | 00:30:23 | |
00:00 - Intro 02:54 - Water chemistry did not cause these problems. These are structural issues. 03:54 - Three main problems: weepers, efflorescence, and calcium nodules. 04:09 - Weepers are active leaks in concrete, where water is flowing through concrete. Usually this is from behind the concrete shell due to groundwater pressure. But it can also be on a raised wall where the pool itself pushes through a weakness in concrete. 06:23 - Shotcrete is applied pneumatically, and the density of it is important. Minimum 4000 PSI. 08:07 - Concrete is not waterproof, it's porous. 10:02 - When water takes minerals with it to the other side, that's called efflorescence. Usually it's calcium, and forms calcium carbonate on the outside. It's often confused with scale. 12:57 - Calcium nodules are another form of efflorescence, but through pool plaster. They happen when moisture is trapped in or behind the cement. The disagreement in the industry is about how the moisture got there. 17:24 - In Eric's opinion, calcium nodules are either in the weakest places in plaster, or they're everywhere. It's almost always a waterproofing failure. Water pushes from the back side, in our experience. 21:03 - You can still have calcium nodules in perfectly LSI-balanced water, because nodules are really a form of efflorescence. 24:16 - How do we prevent these problems? Prevention starts with proper shotcrete installation, and we strongly recommend waterproofing the concrete shell. At a minimum, the raised concrete parts. 26:09 - Proper waterproofing is strongly recommended by Orenda. And we know it's not always necessary with good shotcrete application, but why take the risk? Waterproofing is relatively inexpensive. 28:11 - If you have nodules from groundwater, but not active weepers, the best fix is still chipping out the plaster surface, waterproofing the pool shell, bond coating it, and re-plastering it. It's expensive. 28:43 - Recap. Thanks for listening! ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Pool Covers and Winterization | 06 Oct 2021 | 00:27:39 | |
00:00 - Intro 02:35 - Jarred is wearing a Slytherin shirt. He's more of a Ravenclaw, TBH. 04:12 - Type of pool cover impacts your winterization chemistry (dilution, pH rise) 06:51 - Other types of pool covers that are not for winterizing: thermal and solar blankets. They are not safety covers and are not appropriate for winterization. 08:40 - Safety covers are designed to support a lot of weight to keep animals and people (and cars) out of pools. 10:54 - Mesh covers allow transfer of water and gas through it. This means dilution, and pH rise. 16:21 - Don't be afraid of high levels of calcium going into the winter (500+ ppm) 17:31 - Solid covers don't allow dilution and CO2 off-gassing 17:50 - Automatic covers can complicate things if your pool is heated a few times during the winter to swim, because the LSI goes from one extreme to the other. Surfaces can get destroyed because the water cannot correct itself. 22:08 - Solid safety covered pools do not need quite as much calcium as a mesh cover (400+ ppm), because it won't get diluted. 25:14 - Adjust chemicals at least a day before putting a solid cover on. Let the pH naturally rise up before covering the pool. If not, you need more alkalinity. 26:19 - Thanks for listening!
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| Closing your pool the Orenda way | 29 Sep 2021 | 00:20:35 | |
00:00 - Intro, reconnect with nature 04:48 - Water would naturally seek balance if you just shut your pool off. But that is not advised, because water would correct itself at the expense of your pool. 08:04 - Err to the high side of calcium hardness going into the winter. LSI balance at the coldest temperature is the main priority. 08:23 - The second priority of winterizing is keeping the water clean. But winterization kits have nothing to do with LSI...they are mainly chlorine, algaecides and a sequestering agent. Do you really need them? 10:11 - You don't need to super shock going into the winter. Just chlorinate a bit more than normal. As temps drop, less chlorine is needed. 10:38 - Sequestering agents and chelating agents (like our SC-1000) do not work in cold water. We don't include ours in our winterization protocol. You'd be better off adding it in the spring or during startup. 13:42 - The Orenda winterization kit does not exist. Chlorinate normally, add some enzymes, then remove phosphates with PR-10,000 a few days before you close. You'll need to clean up the dust and clean the filter. 16:05 - Get a thermometer if you don't have one. 16:30 - Water is an incredibly powerful element in our world, so we should embrace its natural properties. If you don't get water what it needs (especially when cold), it will damage your pool in search of balance. 17:33 - Let your pH naturally rise. If you have a solid cover, give it a week for the pH to naturally rise before covering it. Don't close at 7.4-7.6 and immediately cover the pool, because CO2 won't escape. 19:27 - Thanks for listening!
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| Wildfires and Swimming Pools | 08 Sep 2021 | 00:10:57 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:10 - Wildfires burn through forests and convert plant life into basic elements...primarily carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus. 02:15 - The closer you are to the fire, the more contamination will get in your water. If you can smell smoke, it's getting into your pool too. 03:45 - Prepare for the smoke, ash and debris when fires start. Be proactive. 03:59 - Rare instances: helicopters borrowing water from your pool, and fire extinguisher chemicals getting into your pool. Most likely this is a drain and refill. 05:47 - Nothing replaces physically cleaning out debris and cleaning the filter. Chemicals will not remove physical debris. 07:30 - Enzymes break down carbon non-living organics. Perfect for addressing carbon contaminants like smoke and ash. 08:51 - Phosphates should be removed too. Consider PR-10,000 or CV-700 enzyme + phosphate remover. 10:02 - Thanks for listening! Find more on our website blog or the 'articles' section of the Orenda App. ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Pool Party Chemistry | 01 Sep 2021 | 00:24:37 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:44 - Biggest difference between normal pool days and a pool party: bather load. 05:28 - Visit our Second Pillar of proactive pool care, about non-living organics. 08:21 - Holy trinity of pools: Circulation, Filtration, and Chemistry. All three suffer during a pool party. 13:08 - Prepare water and clean it up afterward. Homeowners have an advantage because they know when the party is going to happen, and they can prepare. Service professionals visit once a week, so they do not have that luxury. 17:27 - Best practices: handle the oxidant demand, communicate, and increase chlorine (not shocking, just raising it up to about 5 ppm). Also, clean strainer baskets and vacuum debris out of the pool ahead of time. 20:48 - Clean up the toys afterward so the pool can be vacuumed and cleaned faster after the party. 23:22 - Thanks for listening!
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| Evaporation and Accumulation | 01 Sep 2021 | 00:19:53 | |
00:00 - Intro 02:21 - Evaporation is the process of liquid water converting into water vapor (gas). And this process takes energy (heat) to occur. 03:40 - Humidity in the air and the difference between air and water temperature (delta T) are the two main factors that determine evaporation rate. 05:03 - How evaporation affects water chemistry. An average pool loses roughly its entire volume of pool water in a given year. 06:28 - Difference in temperature between water and air matters a lot. Cold air and warm water evaporates more. 08:58 - Anything in tap water tends to accumulate over time (calcium, metals, etc.). Things not in tap water tend to stay consistent (CYA, salinity, etc.) 10:34 - https://blog.orendatech.com/evaporation-and-accumulation 11:27 - Evaporation scum/scale line on their tile, above the waterline. Not necessarily an LSI violation, because water leaves, so the saturation of CaCO3 goes up. 14:21 - Winterization involves draining water down, and the dilution throughout the winter drastically changes water chemistry. 16:52 - Analogy: glass of water. CH = 200 ppm. Drink half, the CH does not change. Let half evaporate, and the CH doubles. 18:19 - Thanks for listening!
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| Containing pH vs. Controlling pH | 25 Aug 2021 | 00:32:10 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:30 - Controlling pH is not possible. pH moves with anything that happens to the water. It's a reactionary chemistry. 04:07 - Many ways for you to balance the LSI. Use the Orenda App and find out what works for you. 05:45 - Disclosure for commercial pool operators with pH limit of 7.8, and those with chemical automation/acid feeders. 10:26 - White rings around aggregate means the loss of calcium hydroxide (aggressive water stole calcium). From the ITZs. 12:33 - Example using the Orenda app. Let's do this together so you can see for yourself. 17:31 - What if we leverage Henry's Law, and use it to our advantage? 19:21 - Containing pH means never going RED on the LSI calculator, so the pH naturally rises to its ceiling (Henry's Law), and no further. 25:00 - Quick recap of why pH has to rise. CO2 determines pH, and CO2 has to off-gas to equalize with CO2 above the water (Henry's Law). 29:58 - Stop thinking of pH as something you can control. Focus on keeping the LSI balanced by containing pH. 31:00 - Recap. Focus on proper sanitization (FC:CYA) and your LSI. Thanks for listening!
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| Understanding pH buffering systems and pKa values | 22 May 2024 | 00:25:35 | |
00:00 - Introduction 03:16 - pH buffering 04:43 - Bicarbonate, cyanurate and borate 06:41 - pH is based on H2O and hydrolysis 09:56 - Carbonate alkalinity means dissolved CO2 determines pH 11:51 - Bicarbonate converts into carbonate at 8.3 pH 13:22 - High TA, more buffering capacity, more acid demand 15:19 - Acids and conjugate bases 18:16 - pKa values and buffering strength 20:52 - What does pKa stand for? 23:05 - Closing ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Calcium Flakes in Saltwater Pools | 18 Aug 2021 | 00:32:28 | |
00:00 - Intro 03:15 - Calcium flakes and other deposits in salt pools are very common. You're not alone if your pool has them. 05:00 - Our first question when someone calls about calcium flakes: "what is your alkalinity?" 10:33 - How salt cells work, from the inside out 12:16 - What does the salt cell do throughout the day? What to the percentages of output actually mean? 14:12 - Reversing polarity (changing direction of electricity) in between on/off cycles of salt cells. This fractures calcium carbonate into flakes, which blow into your pool. 14:53 - Most of the time, flakes are in your spa, or near your closest return to the equipment. 15:41 - Flakes tumble around in the pool and smooth out and look more like sno-kone ice. 21:31 - Solutions to this problem: balance your LSI, use SC-1000, and operate with lower alkalinity. 27:37 - Allow more circulation time. Most scale is formed right after circulation stops (warm, stagnant water with high pH). 30:08 - Summary. Thanks for listening!
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| Combined Chlorine 201: How to reduce combined chlorine | 11 Aug 2021 | 00:27:52 | |
00:00 - Intro 02:15 - How do we get rid of combined chlorine? Do we just let chlorine do its thing? 02:49 - Two categories of how to reduce combined chlorine: chemically and physically. 03:30 - Two chemical options: breakpoint chlorination and supplementing chlorine with enzyme or a non-chlorine oxidizer shock. But enzymes and non-chlorine oxidizers do not directly reduce combined chlorine...only chlorine can. 15:06 - Physically removing combined chlorine is done with secondary systems. Oxidizers and UV sanitizer. Ozone and AOP are oxidizers that destroy both nitrogen compounds and formed chloramines. UV can only destroy formed chloramines. 23:43 - If you have a heavy bather load, a secondary system makes a lot of sense. 24:30 - Being proactive means finding the source of nitrogen and addressing that. Check deck cleaners, any algaecide or other product containing ammonia (or ammonium) and keep them out of your pool. ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Combined Chlorine 101: What are chloramines? | 04 Aug 2021 | 00:30:18 | |
00:00 - Intro 00:59 - This will be complex chemistry, but very simplified. 02:07 - What is combined chlorine? What does chlorine "combine with"? 05:32 - Combined chlorine is an indicator of your chlorine falling behind, and the byproducts are the cause of bather discomfort, irritation and sickness. 06:00 - The pool industry uses the term "chloramines" generally to describe all of these combined chlorine byproducts. 12:06 - Chloramines, far more than pH, are behind bather discomfort, eye and throat irritation, etc. 16:12 - Even if you have a bromine pool, similar chemistry occurs (bromamines). 21:27 - There is no chemical way to get rid of nitrogen byproducts without chlorine combining there. There isn't a natural enzyme or other chemical that can break down nitrogen compounds. 28:00 - Nitrogen in your water means your chlorine will be tied up dealing with it. 28:21 - Thank you for listening!
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| Muriatic acid alternatives: Sulfuric Acid, Sodium Bisulfate and CO2 | 28 Jul 2021 | 00:28:36 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:33 - We're in an muriatic acid shortage. Thanks, COVID. 02:21 - Two specialty acids: modified Muriatic Acids for less fuming: AcidBlue and AcidMagic. 03:06 - Muriatic acid is a diluted form of Hydrochloric acid (HCl). It is 31.45% HCl or less. 04:14 - Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) is sold in 38.5% concentration. It is comparable in dosing to standard 31.45% HCl. It takes just 2% more sulfuric acid to equal muriatic by volume. 09:36 - Sodium bisulfate (NaHSO4) is sold in 93.2% concentration. It is also known as "dry acid", or in pool retail stores, "pH down" or "alkalinity down". It is safer to handle than liquid acid, but needs to be pre-dissolved before adding to the pool. 11:48 - Let's talk about sulfates (SO4--) or (SO3--). 12:05 - One gallon of 38.5% sulfuric acid leaves behind 47.1 ppm of sulfates in 10,000 gallons. 13:19 - One pound of 93.2% of sodium bisulfate leaves behind 9.6 ppm of sulfates in 10,000 gallons, plus salt. 14:58 - even in perfectly LSI-balanced water, if you have high enough sulfates, you can still have etching of cement. The sulfate ion (SO3--) can become the dominant ion and kicks carbonate off of calcium (Ca++) and create calcium sulfate. Enough calcium sulfate can precipitate a sharp crystalline scale. 18:08 - The only way to reduce sulfates is to drain and dilute. Unless you have Reverse Osmosis (R.O.) available. If you're going to use sulfuric or sodium bisulfate, you must regularly schedule dilutions to avoid sulfate problems. 19:53 - Sulfates and metals can combine to create that infamous 'rotten egg' smell. We think of it as sulfur, but it's usually iron sulfate or some variant. 21:08 - The third alternative for pH reduction is injecting carbon dioxide (CO2). It reduces pH but does not reduce alkalinity. In fact, alkalinity tends to rise due to excess lye from chlorine. 22:18 - Acid only introduces more CO2 (to reduce pH) is to burn through alkalinity and convert it into carbonic acid. And Joe thought I was asking a trick question. There is no CO2 in acid. 24:39 - One pound of CO2 is equivalent to 32.8 fl.oz. of standard Muriatic Acid for pH correction. 27:08 - Summary ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Ways to optimize chlorine efficiency | 21 Jul 2021 | 00:24:25 | |
00:00 - Intro 02:57 - How to we make use of the limited chlorine we have? 03:33 - The chlorine shortage explained (by Joe, so it's better) 06:58 - Chlorinate at a time that direct sunlight does not hit the liquid chlorine. Either in shade or at night. 09:06 - Don't hoard liquid chlorine. It degrades over time, and don't be that person. Your peers and neighbors need chlorine too. 10:22 - What else can be done? Secondary oxidation/sanitization can supplement chlorine. 12:34 - What about deliberately slowing down chlorine? (Intentionally raising CYA) 15:02 - If you raise CYA on purpose, you can do that, but you should remove phosphates and non-living organics to further optimize the slower chlorine that you have. 15:55 - Keep nitrogen compounds (like ammonia or urea) out of your pool. 19:28 - If you're using algaecides, be aware of their byproducts. All of them have byproducts that will eventually conflict with chlorine and reduce it. 21:14 - Summary ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| How to Use Less Acid: Stop Chasing pH | 02 Jul 2021 | 00:32:48 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:23 - Acid shortage. 03:18 - Why do we chase pH? Because the textbooks tell us to. 04:01 - Chlorine speed (%HOCl) and pH 06:18 - pH and bather comfort? Fake news. 07:03 - We have been conditioned to look to acid for help 09:31 - LSI first, range chemistry second. 10:24 - Containing pH instead of trying to control it 12:28 - Physics and pH rebound 13:42 - Equilibrium between water and air 15:09 - Henry's Law 18:26 - Carbonated beer 19:47 - pH ceiling 22:25 - Containing the natural pH rise 26:18 - Micro adjustments 28:09 - Chemical shortages are opportunities for positive change 30:18 - Summary. Thanks for listening!
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| Minimalist Pool Care, with Harold Evans | 23 Jun 2021 | 00:43:15 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:20 - Orenda is more of a philosophy than a product line 04:12 - Chemical conflicts 14:43 - No long-term byproducts left behind (Papaw's Law) 19:29 - Minimalist pool care 31:40 - The love affair with chlorine and acid is a bad habit, and it has consequences 37:24 - A trusted source of information for all levels of pool owners/operators ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| The Golden Rule, with Harold Evans | 16 Jun 2021 | 00:43:32 | |
00:00 - Intro 03:48 - Our strategy at Orenda: a minimalist approach, proactive pool chemistry 06:24 - What has changed in the pool industry culture? 09:00 - The aptitude in the industry has improved, and is essential for our future 09:47 - Old habits still dominate...but change is already occurring in a good direction 14:03 - Cynicism in pool forums is hurtful to our industry 18:20 - Give the customer the service you would want if you were the customer 26:25 - Customers buy things online and ask service pros to install it 32:45 - Respect must flow both ways in a service relationship with a customer. ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| How to Fix 3 Types of Green Pools | 09 Jun 2021 | 00:35:03 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:31 - Green water from calcium/alkalinity imbalance. Add calcium. 03:08 - Copper. Figure out where the copper is coming from (and stop it), then remove copper. 04:51 - SC-1000 is not a stain or metal remover. It is a chelating agent that needs to be used in conjunction with a citric/ascorbic acid and a metal filter/remover. 07:17 - Algae. Chlorine (HOCl) is the best algaecide. Orenda does NOT make any algaecides. 14:20 - Remove debris from a green pool, because piles underwater can protect algae from chlorine. 18:45 - Liquid chlorine is the preferred chlorine method for green pool cleanups. 19:46 - Reminder: never mix different types of chlorine! 23:25 - Green pool cleanup process (in order): remove debris. Netting, brushing, vacuuming. Super-chlorinate, add PR-10,000, then CV-600 or CV-700 enzymes. 26:21 - When do we add enzymes? Some add them same day, some add the next day. Both seem to work. 31:00 - Recap: first, figure out why your pool is green. It may not be algae. 33:23 - Thank you for listening! ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Why is My Pool Green? | 02 Jun 2021 | 00:28:44 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:43 - This pool wasn't an opaque green, it was translucent, tinging green. 02:09 - We know of at least three reasons pools turn green. 03:11 - We could safely rule out copper for this customer. 03:43 - Jarred is a popular guy (phone rings). 04:50 - The next day, the water was perfectly clear and blue, by increasing calcium relative to alkalinity. 05:48 - We don't know why, but if you have too little calcium hardness relative to alkalinity, the water can turn green (but clear). 06:18 - Dr. McNamara: Optimal ratio to inject CO2 is 4:1 (calcium to total alkalinity). If you're under 3:1, water can start to tinge green. 10:43 - The white bucket test (add chlorine to green water and observe color change) 18:08 - If you have algae taking over your pool, your algae is outpacing the killing rate of chlorine. 19:12 - Control what you can control. CYA and chlorine, phosphate levels (indirect relationship, but important). What really matters is your free chlorine and CYA. 24:00 - Wrapping up with two more topics: CO2 feeders and Potassium Monopersulfate. Both can fuel algae growth. 27:21 - Summary: pool can turn green for three reasons: copper, calcium/alkalinity imbalance, algae. 27:55 - Thank you for listening! ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Cicadas (and other small dead animals) in Swimming Pools | 08 May 2024 | 00:14:45 | |
00:00 - Introduction 02:25 - Cicada broods every 13 or 17 years 05:44 - What do cicadas do? 07:03 - Cicadas and swimming pools 08:56 - What do cicadas introduce into swimming pool water? 10:44 - How to get cicadas out of the pool 11:29 - Other small dead animals in pools 13:02 - Closing ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Pillar 4: Minimal Cyanuric Acid (CYA) | Orenda's Four Pillars | 26 May 2021 | 00:28:59 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:19 - What is CYA and why do we use it? 04:54 - Hot temperatures do NOT mean you need more CYA. Temp has nothing to do with sunlight protection and CYA. But chlorine does get used up faster because it works better. 10:52 - You do not need a lower pH to have strong chlorine (%HOCl) when you have CYA in your water. 12:00 - Percentages of HOCl without CYA are pH-dependent. With CYA, that no longer applies. 15:57 - Overstabilization = too much CYA relative to Chlorine 19:39 - Oversabilization is an accumulation problem, usually from stabilized chlorines Trichlor and Dichlor. 19:59 - One pound of trichlor in 10,000 gallons of water adds 6-6.5 ppm of CYA. It adds up quickly. 23:30 - How often should we be testing for CYA? 26:36 - Enroll in Orenda Academy™ for more information ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Pillar 3: Phosphate Removal | Orenda's Four Pillars | 19 May 2021 | 00:18:54 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:21 - Why do we need to remove phosphates? Do they really matter? 03:59 - What do phosphate test kits actually measure? 04:40 - What are phosphates? And what variations of phosphates are there? 06:25 - Why are there phosphates in our drinking water? 09:34 - Environment and bathers 11:03 - Most metal sequestering agents are phosphate-based 14:32 - Time your phosphate removal treatments appropriately 15:59 - You don't need a lot of phosphate remover. Or you could just throw a lot more chlorine at the problem if you ignore them. 16:18 - Growth/reproduction rate vs. killing rate of sanitizer(s) 16:46 - Phosphates will be within algae's cell walls. You may test low, but phosphates are present if you see algae. 19:09 - Thank you for listening! ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Pillar 2: Non-living Organics | Orenda's Four Pillars | 12 May 2021 | 00:19:30 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:54 - Chlorine's responsibilities 02:48 - More of an oxidant demand than a sanitizer demand 03:02 - Three categories of oxidants: metals, nitrogen compounds, and non-living organics 03:19 - What does oxidation mean? 05:11 - Nitrogen compounds: ammonia and urea, and combined chlorine 07:54 -The bulk of chlorine's responsibilities (over 90%) are non-living organics 10:23 - Secondary oxidizer systems (ozone, AOP, and hyper-dissolved oxygen) 11:21 - Our not-so-shameless plug: enzymes are used to supplement chlorine against non-living organics 13:49 - Enzymes are not required, but beneficial, especially with larger bather loads 14:26 - Wildfire smoke/ash puts organics, nitrogen and phosphates in your pool. That's a serious chlorine demand. 16:48 - Thank you for listening! ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Pillar 1: LSI Balance | Orenda's Four Pillars | 05 May 2021 | 00:27:05 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:32 - Origins of the Orenda App's LSI calculator 02:47 - Traditional "RANGE CHEMISTRY" vs. the LSI 04:31 - Why pools in different areas may need different chemistry parameters to satisfy the LSI 05:03 - What is the Langelier Saturation Index (LSI), and its six factors? 06:20 - What does the LSI actually tell us? 08:00 - Calcium hardness is NOT the leading factor that causes scale 16:18 - What does colder water temperature do? 16:54 - You can have ideal range chemistry and still be out of LSI balance 18:54 - Distinguishing between Carbonate Alkalinity and Total Alkalinity 21:22 - The LSI reigns supreme, and LSI violations occur at a local level 23:45 - The action step for Pillar 1: Keep LSI balanced year-round ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| 4 Types of Chlorine | Trichlor and Dichlor | 15 Apr 2021 | 00:17:06 | |
00:47 - Where's Jarred? Oh yeah, we lost that recording... oops. 01:18 - "Stabilized" refers to two different things: sunlight protection for chlorine, and safer storage and handling. 03:10 - What are the dangers of having too much Cyanuric Acid (CYA)? 06:15 - Advantages of dichlor over trichlor? 07:49 - How much CYA does trichlor put into the water? Answer: 6 to 6.5 ppm per pound, per 10,000 gallons of water. Two 3" tabs = one pound of Trichlor. 09:23 - Do you even know how high your CYA is? If you're over 100 ppm, did you take the time to dilute the sample? And even if not, you should dilute your pool and lower your CYA regardless. It's already too high. 10:46 - Trichlor lowers (or suppresses) pH, and lowers alkalinity gradually. You need higher alkalinity in your pool to account for this. 12:25 - Never put trichlor in the skimmer!
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| 4 Types of Chlorine | Calcium Hypochlorite | 10 Mar 2021 | 00:32:47 | |
Of all types of chlorine, Calcium Hypochlorite (Cal Hypo) might be the strongest, but it is also the most volatile to handle. Even its fumes can rust just about anything in your garage or storage container.
In this episode, Eric and Jarred discuss Cal Hypo and the strategies you may need to adopt to properly manage this powerful chemical. If you are having issues with cal hypo because of calcium drift up, high pH, or otherwise, our boys have your back.
BE AWARE: Different types of chlorine are volatile if exposed to each other. They can cause fires and literally explode. Never store two different types of chlorine in the same enclosed area. Always handle with care and caution. ______________________________
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| 4 Types of Chlorine | Liquid Chlorine/Sodium Hypochlorite | 24 Feb 2021 | 00:22:29 | |
00:00 - Intro 02:22 - Is bleach the same thing as chlorine? 04:04 - What is the pH of chlorine? And How does it affect the pool? 05:47 - What byproducts does bleach leave behind? Why does liquid chlorine increase TDS? 07:20 - What do you do differently in a liquid chlorine pool compared to a salt pool? 12:12 - How much CYA do you need in a liquid chlorine pool? 14:06 - Where should I keep my alkalinity when using liquid chlorine? Where should I keep my calcium? 19:06 - Final Tip: look out for TDS creeping up - liquid chlorine can leave behind more salt quicker than you'd think.
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| 4 Types of Chlorine | Saltwater Pools | 10 Feb 2021 | 00:22:24 | |
00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Salt pools are chlorine pools 03:06 - Chlorine handling disclaimer 04:25 - Salt chlorine generation byproducts 13:37 - How CYA affects saltwater pools 15:27 - Managing salt pools in the offseason 17:48 - Acid tip 18:22 - Final thoughts ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.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/ ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| 4 Types of Chlorine | Intro | 27 Jan 2021 | 00:10:10 | |
It's a short episode this week as we dive into a new topic: different kinds of chlorine. The next few episodes will focus on liquid chlorine, calcium hypochlorite, trichlor, and salt generated chlorine in that order.
As a point of order, we should also tell you this: NEVER mix or store different kinds of chlorine together.
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| Hindsight is 2020 | 13 Jan 2021 | 00:22:25 | |
Eric and Jarred wax nostalgiac about the dumpster fire of a year that was 2020, and give a few reasons why this year might be better. ______________________________
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| Tools for the Modern Pool Pro, with Skimmer + Orenda (w/ Niki Acosta and Jack Nelson) | 01 May 2024 | 00:31:39 | |
00:00 - Introduction 01:06 - How did Niki and Jack get involved in Skimmer? 06:08 - What's new with Skimmer? 09:56 - State of Pool Service Report 12:38 - Skimmer's Orenda Calculator integration 18:03 - The modern pool pro 20:06 - How does Skimmer want their customers to use this? 22:22 - The LSI quantifies water balance 25:42 - Tracking, Trending, and Forecasting ______________________________ Connect with us!
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| Why Prices Are Going Up in 2021 | 23 Dec 2020 | 00:34:20 | |
00:21 - Introduction 02:48 - How COVID affected the pool and spa industry 05:20 - How COVID affected the supply chain 10:11 - How COVID affects shipping 13:02 - What are pool service prices going to be in 2021 14:30 - Why are sanitizer prices going up? 18:43 - What are some alternatives to trichlor? 27:19 - Wrap up .................................................................................................. 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.
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| The Orenda Startup Procedure | 09 Dec 2020 | 00:50:19 | |
00:25 - How to do the Orenda Startup 03:28 - Day One 06:11 - Considerations if the water is trucked in 09:18 - How to balance the water chemistry for startup 12:24 - What to do if your alkalinity is low 13:22 - What to do when your alkalinity is higher than your calcium 16:52 - Why chelate calcium? 21:46 - How much water is flowing out of the barrel 24:15 - When is it appropriate to do a bicarb startup instead of calcium? 31:57 - Day Two 32:20 - Do I need to brush? (Yes.) 33:01 - adding enzymes 35:06 - the rest of the 30 days 42:21 - when can I add cyanuric acid and when can I add salt? 46:01 - Do I need the Orenda startup?
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.
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| Cement Cures Ugly | Orenda Startup Philosophy | 25 Nov 2020 | 00:35:56 | |
00:28 - Topic Introduction 02:33 - Setting Expectations of What A Startup Can and Can't Do 06:54 - What is Plaster Dust? 10:14 - Why You Always Need To Test The Tap Water 13:22 - Why are The First 30 Days So Important 17:42 - What Can't A Startup Fix? 20:55 - Why Are Hot Starts Bad? ______________________________ Connect with us!
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