Rule Your Pool

By Orenda Technologies, Eric Knight

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... more

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Rule Your Pool episodes:

March 30, 2022 How to Implement the Orenda Program
00:00 - Intro
03:12 - What is the Orenda Program? It's a philosophy, not a list of products.
04:45 - The history of Orenda
10:42 - It's never profitable to be reactive. Being proactive is much better.
12:42 - No chemical conflicts
21:05 - No long-term byproducts left behind
26:19 - What is an Orenda pool? What does that mean?
27:54 - Ten Steps to implement the Orenda Program
35:52 - Recap of steps 1-3: dilute as needed, establish higher calcium hardness and reduced total alkalinity levels.
36:19 - Steps 4-6: Purging with Orenda products
41:50 - Steps 7-10: Clean the pool, balance the LSI, chlorinate
46:30 - Jarred's summary. Thanks for listening!

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49min
March 23, 2022 What Causes Calcium Hardness to Change?
00:00 - Intro
01:29 - The amount of calcium carbonate is calcium hardness. How saturated that calcium carbonate is is measured using the LSI.
02:45 - If calcium rises, it's coming from somewhere. If calcium falls, it's going somewhere.
03:21 - What increases calcium hardness?
05:03 - What reduces calcium hardness?
07:02 - Evaporation and accumulation
08:53 - If the calcium seems to move much more than it should, it's probably a faulty test
10:16 - Two-breath recap. Thanks for listening!

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13min
March 16, 2022 How Salt Chlorine Generators Actually Work
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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27min
March 02, 2022 Preparing for Spring Openings in 2022
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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20min
February 23, 2022 The Power of Standardizing Pool Chemistry and Practices
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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53min
February 09, 2022 Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover
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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27min
January 19, 2022 Organic Staining and Tannins
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: [email protected]
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23min
January 05, 2022 Uneven Carbonation & other Plaster Discoloration | Calcium Issues, pt. 5
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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32min
December 29, 2021 Calcite Crystals | Calcium Issues, pt. 4
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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38min
December 22, 2021 Calcium Nodules | Calcium Issues, pt. 3
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 [email protected].

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