Rule Your Pool
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.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 170
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Thank you.
Thank you to all of you who have listened to this podcast over the years. You are greatly appreciated, and I hope you found value in what you learned here. It has been an honor.
-- Eric
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What are chlorides?
00:00 - Introduction
01:21 - Halogens on the Periodic Table of Elements
02:48 - Valence states
06:17 - Chlorides and stainless steel
09:44 - Closing
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Los Angeles Wildfire Relief
00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - Close to home
05:37 - Worse smoke and ash than forest fires
11:37 - our condolences
14:00 - How we are going to help
21:39 - Closing
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Water's Story (w/ Jim Lauria and Terry Arko)
00:00 - Introduction
01:52 - Jim Lauria and Mazzei
07:53 - Leonardo da Vinci and water
11:46 - Podcast: Water We Talking About?
15:14 - The Blue Mind - Wallace J. Nichols
20:13 - Water must be coaxed.
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Can a pool heater have both corrosion AND scale?
00:00 - Introduction
01:18 - Non-LSI causes of corrosion
03:34 - Scenario 1: Chasing pH and range chemistry
09:05 - Acid abuse vs. containing pH
10:15 - Pouring undiluted acid can scale heaters?
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Understanding Metal Corrosion
00:00 - Reminder: Watershape University Service 1211: Essential Water Chemistry class (8-hour certification)
04:50 - What is corrosion?
09:23 - Moisture, Condensation, and Corrosion
14:39- Metallurgist'…
The Three Constants
00:00 - Introduction
00:12 - New Watershape University Class: Service 1211 - Essential Water Chemistry
05:42 - One big question each year
08:59 - Constant 1: Water will always return to its natural stat…
Scale and Scum Lines on Pool Furniture (w/ Mike Collins, TenJam)
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Integration with PaythePoolman (w/ Teresa Berry)
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The Undeniable Power of Water
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Cyanuric Acid Testing and its Limitations (w/ Joe Sweazy)
00:00 - Introduction
02:27 - Testing frequency
05:11 - Melamine reagent for CYA testing
08:32 - Diluting the sample
13:32 - More testing precision at low CYA levels
17:51 - The future of CYA testing
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Calcium Phosphate Scale
00:00 - Introduction
02:15 - Credit to whom it is owed
03:14 - What is calcium phosphate?
08:42 - Formula for calcium phosphate precipitation
14:34 - Lab results (thanks Que Hales!)
16:05 - How to identif…
Measuring Chemicals: Volume vs. Weight
00:00 - Introduction
02:29 - Three most profitable tools for pools
06:16 - Dry scoop vs. Liquid measuring cup
09:56 - Product percentages
12:59 - Closing
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Closing time, one last call for calcium
00:00 - Introduction
05:09 - Previous winterization podcast episodes
06:22 - WHY do we winterize the Orenda way?
07:44 - Three winterization fundamentals
08:16 - Mechanical and physical closing processes
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Understanding non-chlorine shock (w/ Terry Arko)
00:00 - Introduction
01:08 - Non-chlorine alternatives
03:06 - Disinfection and sanitization (5 and 3-log reductions)
05:16 - Affinity
07:49 - Oxidation
09:21 - What is non-chlorine shock?
12:06 - Non-chlo…
Foam and Defoamers (w/ Terry Arko)
00:00 - Introduction
01:18 - Soap
06:02 - Water temperature, soft water, and foam
12:11 - Defoamer products
17:16 - Proactive foam management: enzymes and chitosan
24:14 - When to drain and refill a spa
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AirBNB, VRBO, and other vacation rental pools and spas
00:00 - Introduction
01:27 - Unpredictable bather load? Get back to basics.
03:05 - Back to the Four Pillars
04:12 - Four Pillars Action Steps
08:31 - We don't know what happens in these pools
10:17 - Rap…
Automatic pool covers and water chemistry
00:00 - Introduction
01:29 - Why pool covers change pool chemistry
03:09 - Rain and snow dilution
03:48 - Auto-covers and plaster issues
05:00 - Salt chlorine generators and covered pools
09:11 - Breathab…
Saharan dust blowing across the Atlantic Ocean
00:00 - Introduction
00:58 - Saharan dust research
02:07 - What is Saharan dust?
03:15 - Why Saharan dust is important to our global ecosystem
07:20 - How Saharan dust impacts swimming pools
08:23 - Sahar…
Mid-summer update 2024
00:00 - Introduction
03:29 - LaMotte integration with 601 discs
04:41 - App login vs. Orenda Academy login
06:28 - Watershape University course
06:55 - Closing
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