Rule Your Pool

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!   ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.orendatech.com Help Center: https://ask.orendatech.co...

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!   ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.orendatech.com Help Center: https://ask.orendatech.com Blog: https://blog.orendatech.com YouTube: https://www...

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!   ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: http...

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!   ------------------------------------ Co...

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!   ------------------------------------ Connect with Orenda Technologies Website: https://www.orendatech.com Help Center: https://ask.orendatech.com Blog: https://blog.orendate...

00:00 - Intro 03:13 - The Orenda Startup™ is still about LSI in colder water. In fact, the LSI is probably even more important in colder water. 04:23 - Three main startup procedure differences to focus on when the water is cold (and getting colder) 05:22 - 1) More calcium hardness 08:34 - 2) When and where to add SC-1000 13:57 - 3) Let the cement dry for a few hours before turning the water on 17:...

00:00 - Intro 01:21 - We met the Pool Chasers in their studio before COVID 02:20  - Podcasts are catching on, but Pool Chasers were one of the first 08:38 - Podcasting wasn't as accepted and understood 5 or 6 years ago. Now it's mainstream. 11:51 - There should be more podcasts, because it's a great medium for sharing information 16:10 - We don't talk about our products and that annoys Greg. 24:03...

00:00 - Intro 03:08 - Let's start with pool damage, electrical and physical 05:26 - Electrical Hazards 06:31 - Contamination, physical and chemical 07:48 - Biohazards 09:20 - How to clean up a pool after a Hurricane 11:59 - Chemistry and chlorination after circulation is up and running 14:21 - Brief summary 16:44 - Drinking water contamination 17:42 - Summary. Thanks for listening!   -------------...

00:00 - Intro - We're doing it LIVE 01:54 - Orenda help line rings with people asking about winterization 03:19 - The type of safety cover affects water chemistry 05:20 - Winterization is like bear hibernation 06:21 - Sanitizing and Balance: two separate things 08:28 - Winterization kits miss the point 11:38 - Even sitting next to each other looking at the same laptop, Jarred is still somehow not...

00:00 - Intro - Jarred is a Debbie Downer 02:23 - Jarred printed the show notes for this episode 03:17 - Criticism: Orenda downplays the importance of pH 07:09 - Criticism: Orenda advocates for alkalinity below 80 ppm, but that will destroy a pool 08:38 - Criticism: Orenda says 50 ppm CYA or less, but you can't hold chlorine for a week with such low levels 09:54 - Criticism: Phosphates don't matte...

00:00 - Intro...Jarred is the host this time 01:12 - People call us for advice, and most of them are wanting "the easy button" 04:54 - Old school thinking (good enough) prevents you from being great 06:45 - What is your added value to the pool owner? 11:04 - Traditional pool care 16:04 - Relying on chlorine to do too much 18:30 - Ways to add additional value 20:20 - Do not be fearful of educating...

00:00 - Intro 01:34 - Tempool plaster school 03:21 - We learned a LOT by physically plastering a pool 06:23 - Plasterers are artisans. There's both an art and a science to this trade 07:57 - We learned the entire process from waterproofing/prep, to plastering, to exposing 12:57 - Water to cement ratio. The mixer matters! 14:53 - The pro's at Tempool moved differently than us newbies 16:17 - Finish...

00:00 - Intro 02:18 - Thermometers are reliable and accurate, but because they're not water tests, they're not included in our list of three tests in this episode. 04:19 - No test kit stays accurate and precise forever. All of them need to be maintained, used properly, calibrated and reagents need to be taken care of (and not expired). 05:13 - The White Bucket Test 07:43 - Our first white bucket t...

00:00 - Introduction with Bill Drakeley, Watershapes University 01:47 - Cement cracks 05:43 - Concrete issues cause plaster issues 07:55 - What are "structural cracks"? 08:48 - Calcium nodules 12:46 - Concrete core samples 15:45 - Lack of bonding / delamination 17:21 - Bill pounds on his desk when talking about concrete 21:13 - Start with the pool foundation when diagnosing plaster problems 21:58...

00:00 - Introduction to Bill Drakeley 02:22 - Concrete 101: What happens when water mixes with dry cement? 04:02 - Concrete mix design (water:cement ratio) 05:18 - Compressive value (PSI) 07:49 - ACI and ASA minimum for pool concrete is 4000 PSI. 08:59 - How do you regulate PSI? Concrete mix design (water:cement ratio) 11:41 - Quality control 13:08 - Is waterproofing necessary when you have a prop...

00:00 - An extra-long intro, complete with Jarred's new microphone and some housekeeping topics. 01:24 - Housekeeping: We're teaching with Watershapes University. WU C3611, November 12 and 13 in Las Vegas: Essential Plaster Workshop. And we're participating in Swim Across America, September 24 in Dallas. You can contribute to our team at swimacrossamerica.org/goto/orenda. 03:38 - Check out the chl...

00:00 - Intro 02:18 - Housekeeping: WU class 3611 at the Int'l Show, and swimacrossamerica.org/goto/orenda. 04:55 - The Orenda Philosophy 07:38 - Algaecides (except chlorine) leave behind long-term byproducts that will eventually conflict with chlorine 11:33 - Pools per gallon, starting with Orenda products 11:56 - CV-600/700 pools per gallon 15:45 - PR-10,000 pools per gallon 18:27 - CE-Clarifier...

00:00 - Another long intro, reminding listeners about Swim Across America, and WU C3611 at the Int'l Pool & Spa show in Vegas this November. 03:34 - Orenda is neither pro-borate, nor anti-borate. We don't find them necessary, but we don't criticize those who use them responsibly either. 05:41 - Never exceed 50 ppm borate in your water, for toxicity reasons. 07:46 - What are borates? 08:49 - Bicarb...

00:00 - An extra-long intro, complete with Jarred's new microphone and some housekeeping topics. 06:39 - There's a difference between using chlorine and losing chlorine. 09:01 - With CYA in the water, pH does not control chlorine strength, but at a high enough pH, OCl- breaks away from CYA and can be lost to sunlight. 11:42 - Chlorine demand is both the sanitizer demand and oxidant demand. Let's s...

00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Orenda 3.0 features new, improved formulas. Most of the update was about improving the formulas. 01:43 - The LSI reference chart is the basis for most LSI calculators. 02:52 - The old Orenda app extrapolated within the LSI dosing chart to be more accurate. 04:39 - The new Orenda calculator is more true to the Saturation Index, and that's why the LSI results will be slightly d...

00:00 - Intro 01:53 - Our annual meeting made light of some costly mistakes 02:13 - The two mistakes to explain are the premature Orenda 3.0 release and the Startup Barrel Platform 03:24 - Without customer feedback, we could not have found the bugs as quickly as we have. Your feedback is incredibly valuable! 07:13 - We are discontinuing the Startup Barrel Platform 07:27 - Giving credit where credi...

00:00 - Intro 02:14 - Our audience is becoming massive 02:43 - We built this app as an investment in you. Paying it forward to help the industry and every pool owner 06:01 - We make our money on selling chemicals, but this calculator is for everyone, whether you buy our chemicals or not 06:36 - We insisted on this calculator being the most accurate pool calculator in the world 08:28 - Borate is no...

00:00 - Intro 00:36 - The URL is ask.orendatech.com 01:55 - We get a ton of phone calls, and most of them are questions we get every week. 02:35 - Don't see your question answered? Submit your question at the top of the web page. 04:04 - Jarred asks a question we actually haven't yet answered, and shows how to submit a question. 08:12 - The help center can be found from anywhere on our website, us...

00:00 - Intro 01:42 - Orthophosphates (PO4) are the building block of phosphate compounds 03:58 - Inorganic phosphate types 05:07 - If PR-10,000 clouds, you are watching it remove phosphates from water 05:48 - Tests can be decieving, and inaccurate. And they only measure orthophosphates. 07:52 - When PR-10,000 reduces less than expected, it removed phosphates that did not show up on your test kit...

00:00 - Intro 01:03 - There's a difference between using chlorine and losing chlorine 02:11 - Chlorinate and cross your fingers 03:59 - Does warmer weather really mean you need more CYA to protect chlorine from more intense sunlight? 08:49 - CYA's other impacts 09:43 - High pH actually does increase chlorine loss, because OCl- dissociates from CYA in higher pH water 12:07 - Jarred did not read all...