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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How many episodes does Rule Your Pool have?

The podcast currently has 171 episodes available.

Rule Your Pool episodes:

May 17, 2023 Top Ten things Kathryn has learned from Orenda
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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34min
May 10, 2023 Breaking Bad Water
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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19min
May 04, 2023 Orenda App 4.0 - Updates, integrations, and the future
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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22min
April 26, 2023 Team Orenda and our integration with HASA (w/Terry Arko)
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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32min
March 29, 2023 New company ownership, same tolerable podcast
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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42min
March 22, 2023 Understanding Calcium Sulfate Scale Crystals
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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22min
March 15, 2023 How to Manage Pollen in Pools
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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21min
March 08, 2023 How to Contact Us at Orenda (the Right Way)
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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20min
February 08, 2023 What Water Wants
00:00 - Introduction
02:11 - We are still relatively unknown, and so is our message
03:53 - We cannot teach water chemistry properly without first understanding water itself
05:08 - The equilibria of both water and air
07:37 - Traditional range chemistry
08:18 - Startup example - stop chasing pH
11:38 - Has range chemistry ever worked?
12:15 - Water doesn't have a voice....or does it?
14:19 - The truth is only the beginning
15:07 - LSI Balance requires CO2 balance with the air
19:35 - "It has always been done this way" doesn't mean it has ever been right
22:19 - Updating standards
23:38 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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26min
January 27, 2023 Live from the NESPA Show in Atlantic City
00:00 - Introduction, and introducing Shaun Mulhall, our Southeast regional manager
00:52 - Introducing Kathryn Varden, our Western regional manager
02:01 - Our top 5 topics on this podcast all have a common theme
05:49 - We got to teach two classes at the NESPA show, and 2 more in Spanish
07:21 - Jarred admits the podcast is actually worthwhile (but he still doesn't listen to it)
09:04 - Please give our podcast an honest rating on whatever platform you listen to it on.
10:36 - We have big plans for 2023
10:51 - Thanks for listening!

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