Rule Your Pool

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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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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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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00:00 - Introduction

02:05 - Bad water

03:20 - Can chlorine handle everything in a pool?

04:21 - Resetting water quality

06:28 - Green pool cleanups with algaecides

08:49 - Algaecides and their byproducts conflict with chlorine

12:25 - The Orenda green pool cleanup procedure

14:19 - Restoring water balance

15:34 - Cyanuric Acid is important for both water quality and water balance

16:41 - Orenda chemicals only break water quality

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00:00 - Introduction

02:48 - The evolution of our mobile app

04:36 - Cleaning up the code

06:17 - Cross-platform

07:40 - Bugs you have helped us find (and fix) so far

10:15 - Privacy, anonymous survey, and one infuriated app user

15:05 - Integrations with other software

19:34 - The Orenda app only exists because of people like you

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00:00 - Introduction

02:01 - Introducing Team Orenda

10:08 - Introducing Terry Arko, from HASA

13:35 - Terry's role at HASA

16:01 - Bob Lowry's Pool Chemistry Training Institute

17:08 - HASA and Orenda's education conflicts in some ways

22:58 - More in common than in conflict

26:56 - Wrap up. Thanks for listening!

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00:00 - Introduction

00:50 - Orenda has been acquired by HASA

01:46 - Who we were, who we are, and who we hope to become

02:37 - How Orenda Started

07:04 - Some dude named Eric "decided" to join the company

13:20 - We still think and act like a family business

15:20 - Harold Evans, the "brilliant chemist"

18:41 - Eric the intern

22:00 - The pivot to education

25:50 - Why Orenda was acquired

29:52 - Why HASA?

32:00 - Breaking the news

33:27 - Building (and rebuilding) reputations

40:04 - Thank you to everyone who had a part in building Orenda

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______________________________

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Pool Brain®

Realize your full potential.
Watershape University®

Water chemistry questions?
Orenda®

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00:00 - Introduction

01:29 - How we first discovered crystals in pools

02:51 - What the definition of "scale"?

04:51 - onBalance already knew about calcium sulfate crystals

07:45 - What is calcium sulfate?

09:53 - Calcium sulfate precipitates at a lower pH

12:35 - Where do sulfates come from?

15:16 - How sulfates accumulate in pools

17:11 - How to prevent calcium sulfate scale crystals

19:31 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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Pool Brain®

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00:00 - Introduction

01:47 - What is pollen?

03:44 - How does pollen spread?

06:21 - Pollen, tannins, and organic staining

07:25 - Spring pollen vs. Fall pollen

08:33 - How does pollen get in swimming pools?

09:10 - How to manage pollen in pools

11:20 - CV-600 and CE-Clarifier are great for managing pollen in water

13:06 - Are there phosphates in pollen?

15:23 - Summary

17:33 - Pollen season and bass fishing

18:49 - Wrap up. Thanks for listening!

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Pool Brain®

Realize your full potential.
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Water chemistry questions?
Orenda®

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[email protected]

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YouTube: @rule-your-pool

00:00 - Introduction

01:33 - There are a finite number of hours in the workweek

03:10 - Phone help line and emails

07:18 - Voicemail

09:25 - Use our help center, ask.orendatech.com

10:36 - We are not legal expert witnesses, so please don't ask us to be

12:32 - Inbound contact requests

13:38 - If you do have to call us, please be direct

16:19 - Give us time to respond...and we will

16:46 - What a good phone call sounds like

18:22 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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______________________________

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Pool Brain®

Realize your full potential.
Watershape University®

Water chemistry questions?
Orenda®

Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show:
[email protected]

Facebook: @ruleyourpool

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