Rule Your Pool

Apr 24 2024 40
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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 on with your swimming pool chemistry, this might be the podcast for you. Each week, we'll cover a new topic related to swimming pools, water chemistry, or indoor air quality. With our help, you'll be able to rule your pool without over-treating it with chemicals and wasting money.

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Scaling Up your Pool Business with PoolBrain + Orenda (w/ Adam Beech)

Apr 24 2024 29 mins  
Eric interviews the CEO and founder of PoolBrain, a routing software for swimming pool service companies. They talk about the growing pains of a pool service business and how PoolBrain has integrated the Orenda Calculator to expand its capabilities for the pool pro in the field.

The case against column-pouring acid

Apr 17 2024 10 mins  
Eric demonstrates why column-pouring undiluted acid into a pool is a bad idea. Food coloring and muriatic acid show the acid going straight to the floor.

Self-Serving Pseudo-Science (w/ Terry Arko)

Apr 10 2024 51 mins  
Eric, Terry and Jarred address a class that not-so-subtly calls us out (but not by name) for pushing "FALSE" information to the pool industry and beyond. Their class "debunks" 9 myths, which are each discussed in this episode.

Understanding Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP)

Mar 15 2024 20 mins  
Eric dives deep into Oxidation-Reduction Potential and why it's used in swimming pools. How is ORP measured, and what does it tell us? What affects it?

Chlorine's pH impact in swimming pools (w/ Terry Arko)

Feb 21 2024 35 mins  
Terry Arko joins Eric to talk about the pH impact of each chlorine product used in swimming pools. What is actually going on when these chlorine products dissolve in water?

Is the Orenda Calculator™ true to the LSI formula? Or different?

Feb 14 2024 25 mins  
Eric and Jarred explain the Orenda Calculator's LSI formula and the research trail behind it, citing all the papers that have evolved the LSI formula into what it is today, and why it is slightly different than the LSI reference chart.

From the booth at the 2024 Northeast Pool & Spa Show

Feb 03 2024 39 mins  
Eric and Jarred visit with people while sitting at our trade show booth in Atlantic City at the 2024 Northeast Pool and Spa Show.

Unnaturally Natural

Jan 10 2024 12 mins  
Eric outlines how to manually put water in its natural state so that both water balance and water quality can be maintained.

Chemical product percentages and molar weight ratios

Dec 20 2023 33 mins  
When looking at a pool chemical product label, what do the percentages actually mean? Eric explains these percentages and how molecular mass is converted into practical weight (g/mol) are calculated and compared.

Recap of the 2023 Int'l Pool and Spa Show

Dec 06 2023 23 mins  
Eric and Jarred recap the 2023 Int'l pool and spa show, the Pool Nation Awards, and do what they can when they can to reach 200 listeners by the end of the year.