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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The podcast currently has 171 episodes available.

Rule Your Pool episodes:

January 04, 2023 Stop Helicopter Parenting your Pool
00:00 - Introduction
02:43 - What does "helicopter parenting" mean in regard to a swimming pool?
05:23 - Patience is a virtue in pool care
06:46 - Let physics do their thing
08:14 - Physical thresholds like pH ceiling take time
10:01 - One pool to focus on vs. many
11:27 - Make an informed plan to rule YOUR pool
12:23 - Closing. Thanks for listening!

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December 24, 2022 How to use the Orenda App
00:00 - Introduction
01:22 - Exploring the main menu and features of the Orenda App
03:14 - Blogs, procedures and videos are all shareable on the app
03:50 - App settings allows you to select language, units of measurement, and toggle borate on/off
05:48 - How to use the Orenda Calculator
08:05 - Real-time LSI and color codes
08:28 - How the Orenda Calculator dials work
10:01 - How to get chemical doses
14:44 - Chlorine and phosphates are segmented below the LSI line because they do not impact LSI, but are used in the chemical dosing calculator
15:24 - Sharing results, and an example of a software bug
17:29 - Scenario 1: winterizing a pool
24:35 - Scenario 2: weekly pool service
28:20 - How to contain pH and maintain LSI balance all week (in other words, how to Rule Your Pool)
32:47 - Chlorine dosing
34:35 - Old habits die hard. Kill them anyway.
35:53 - Summary. Thanks for listening, thanks for using our app, and Merry Christmas!

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38min
December 21, 2022 7/7 - What raises and lowers Phosphates?
00:00 - Introduction
00:59 - What are phosphates?
02:59 - Where do phosphates come from?
03:09 - Chemically raising phosphates
05:42 - Phosphates in drinking water
08:22 - Environmental factors that introduce phosphates
09:14 - What lowers phosphates in pools?
09:18 - Reverse Osmosis (RO) filtration
10:58 - Rain and snow dilution
11:31 - Phosphate remover products
13:11 - Summary

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December 14, 2022 6/7 - What raises and lowers Combined Chlorine?
00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - What is combined chlorine?
03:20 - What raises combined chlorine?
04:15 - Nitrogen sources in commercial pools
07:29 - Nitrogen sources in residential pools
08:34 - What lowers combined chlorine?
08:59 - Chemical ways to reduce combined chlorine
12:46 - Mechanical ways to reduce combined chlorine
15:03 - Summary - after nitrogen is oxidized...

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17min
December 07, 2022 5/7 - What raises and lowers Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)?
00:00 - Introduction to our new seven-part series
00:30 - What is TDS?
02:39 - Myths about TDS
04:32 - What raises TDS?
06:29 - What lowers TDS?
07:05 - Reverse Osmosis filtration
07:34 - Summary

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9min
November 30, 2022 4/7 - What raises and lowers Cyanuric Acid (CYA)?
00:00 - Introduction
00:54 - What is Cyanuric Acid (CYA)?
03:33 - CYA controls the speed of chlorine
05:04 - Minimal CYA is our Fourth Pillar of proactive pool care
06:25 - What raises CYA?
08:18 - What lowers CYA?
11:05 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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13min
November 23, 2022 3/7 - What raises and lowers Calcium Hardness?
00:00 - Introduction
00:47 - Happy Thanksgiving!
02:54 - What is calcium hardness?
03:50 - What raises calcium hardness?
06:49 - What lowers calcium hardness?
09:37 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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12min
November 16, 2022 2/7 - What raises and lowers Total Alkalinity?
00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - What is alkalinity?
02:45 - The purpose of alkalinity
03:42 - pH determines the types of alkalinity in your water
04:48 - What raises total alkalinity?
06:47 - Why alkalinity rises in pools with CO2 injectors
09:07 - What lowers total alkalinity?
11:58 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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November 09, 2022 1/7 - What raises and lowers pH?
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - Overview/recap of what pH is and what it means
02:30 - pH dogma in the swimming pool industry, debunked
05:24 - pH is about dissolved Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
06:37 - pH ceiling (when CO2 is equalized between water and air)
07:16 - What raises pH?
11:14 - What lowers pH?
13:48 - pH suppression
15:13 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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November 02, 2022 Intro - What Raises and Lowers specific chemistry factors? (7-part series)
00:00 - Introduction to our new seven-part series
01:37 - We need to get back to the basics, thanks to the questions we are getting from you
02:38 - You are the reason we keep producing this podcast. Thank you for listening!

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How many episodes does Rule Your Pool have?

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