Rule Your Pool

By 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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The podcast currently has 181 episodes available.

Rule Your Pool episodes:

November 12, 2020 6 Bad Habits | Part 2
02:30 - Bad Habit #3: Not taking care of your test kit.
11:23 - Bad Habit #2: Chasing pH
16:57 - Bad Habit #1: Acid Abuse
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26min
October 14, 2020 6 Bad Habits | Part 1
02:16 - Bad Habit #6: Not Measuring Chemicals
06:05 - Bad Habit #5: Not Knowing The Volume of Your Pool
12:42 - Bad Habit #4: Not Checking the Pool's Temperature
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19min
September 30, 2020The LSI | Cyanuric Acid (CYA)
01:09 Episode Takeaways
02:30 How CYA Affects the LSI
05:59 CYA and Alkalinity
09:20 Where Does CYA Come From
14:54 Why You Shouldn't Put Chlorine Tabs In A Skimmer
15:48 How Do You Reduce CYA?
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Resources
How to Reduce Cyanuric Acid (CYA) in a Swimming Pool
Five things to know about Cyanuric Acid (CYA)
Chlorine, pH and Cyanuric Acid Relationships
Minimal CYA (Pillar 4)
The Orenda App [App Store] [Google Play]
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21min
September 16, 2020The LSI | Total Dissolved Solids
01:03 Episode Takeaways
02:52 What does "Dissolved" mean anyway?
06:12 Mineral Systems: Just Sexy Metal?
06:44 There's a difference between being in solution and being in suspension
07:38 are phosphates part of TDS?
09:36 TDS (total dissolved solids) Limits
12:01 What is "In Suspension"
14:19 Accumulation and Evaporation
16:25 TDS actually lowers the LSI
22:02 TDS meters are not that expensive. (Total dissolved solid meter cost)
24:48 Wrap Up
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Resources
Understanding TDS
What Causes Cloudy Pool Water?
Evaporation and Accumulation
Orenda Calculator (App Store) (Google Play)
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28min
September 02, 2020The LSI | Calcium Hardness
01:01 - Episode Takeaways
03:12 - What does calcium hardness do for a pool?
05:58 - Calcium Hardness in Desert Climates
09:35 - Calcium Hardness Testing
13:56 - How Calcium Hardness Affects Scale
15:58 - How Much Calcium Does Calcium Hypochlorite Add?
18:07 - Advantages of High Calcium Hardness
20:35 - Calcite Crystals
24:43 - How To Lower Calcium Hardness
27:33 - How To Increase Calcium Hardness
33:54 - How Often Should You Test Calcium Hardness

Resources
Evaporation and Accumulation
Understanding Calcium Hardness
Calcium Hardness: The Most Misunderstood Chemistry
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37min
August 19, 2020 The LSI | Water Temperature
00:00 - Intro
02:52 - Episode Takeaways
06:45 - Demonstration of temperature's effect on the LSI using the Orenda App
11:16 - Why do pools get more damaged in the winter?
17:55 - How does water temperature affect the LSI?
21:08 - Temperature determines where scale forms
22:18 - Acid and trichlor damage
23:39 - Why do salt pools scale up so much?
27:39 - Why you need to dose acid correctly.
29:50 - The Orenda Scale Removal Regimen
31:39 - Water temperature affects testing

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Links
Why Swimming Pool Temperature Matters
Does Temperature Affect CYA Performance?
Pool Winterization Water Chemistry
Orenda App on The App Store and Google Play
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38min
August 12, 2020 The Langelier Saturation Index (LSI)
00:11 - Episode Takeaways
01:51 - Water Balance vs Sanitization
05:38 - What is the LSI
09:58 - The six factors of the LSI
11:56 - Water temperature: the most ignored factor?
15:17 - Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
18:20 - A (Very) Brief History of the LSI

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Relevant Blog Entries
Understanding the LSI
LSI and Calcium Management
ORP and LSI: The Future of Water Chemistry
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21min
August 12, 2020Understanding pH
00:00 - Intro
02:22 - How Carbon Dioxide and pH are related
04:55 - What Causes a High pH in a Swimming Pool
05:06 - What is Henry's Law?
08:59 - What are the factors that make pH go down?
10:10 - pH chart with common pool chemicals listed
15:48 - Controlling vs Containing pH
16:22 - Chart demonstrating CYA and pH relationship.
17:44 - pH and scale formation
18:42 - What makes pH go up?
23:18 - Henry's Law continued
27:24 - How to proactively manage pH
29:36 - Demonstration of proactive pH management using the Orenda App

Articles & Resources:
What is Alkalinity
Carbonate Alkalinity vs. Total Alkalinity
What Causes a High ph in a Swimming Pool?
What is the Ideal ph for Swimming Pools?
Chlorine, ph and Cyanuric Acid Relationships
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38min
August 11, 2020Understanding Alkalinity
00:00 - Intro
02:27 - Alkalinity buffers against reduction in pH
05:27 - Where should my alkalinity be?
08:33 - How much acid does it take to bring a pool from 8.0 pH to 7.4 pH?
11:16 - What is Buffering Capacity?
14:40 - Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash) vs Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)
19:03 - How to pH and Calcium interact?
19:52 - Hot Starts or Zero Alkalinity Startups
21:23 - Why testing your water is important
24:59 - The Orenda LSI Calculator
28:53 - How to run a low alkalinity pool
Articles & Resources:
What is Alkalinity
Carbonate Alkalinity vs. Total Alkalinity
What Causes a High ph in a Swimming Pool?
What is the Ideal ph for Swimming Pools?
Chlorine, ph and Cyanuric Acid Relationships
Connect with Orenda Technologies:
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Watch Us on YouTube
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34min
June 29, 2020pH vs. Total Alkalinity, and Their Roles in Pool Chemistry
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - What is pH?
02:30 - pH is an equilibrium
07-58 - Negative logarithm of Hydrogen
08:43 - Let's not try to control pH. Physics is going to raise the pH in swimming pools.
09:50 - Henry's Law of the Solubility of Gases
12:23 - Buy a pH probe to find out your exact pH.
12:37 - Your pH can raise from algae, vanishing edge pools, spas, spillover, or salt cell.
18:53 - Problems occur when pH lowers the LSI and water is starving for calcium
21:16 - What is Alkalinity?
27:38 - Adjusting alkalinity
Articles & Resources:
What is Alkalinity
Carbonate Alkalinity vs. Total Alkalinity
What Causes a High ph in a Swimming Pool?
What is the Ideal ph for Swimming Pools?
Chlorine, ph and Cyanuric Acid Relationships
Connect with Orenda Technologies:
Read Our Blog Posts
Watch Us on YouTube
Follow Us On Facebook
Follow Us On Instagram
Contact Us
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...more
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