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
6 Bad Habits | Part 1
02:16 - Bad Habit #6: Not Measuring Chemicals
06:05 - Bad Habit #5: Not Knowing The Volume of Your Pool
12:42 - Bad Habit #4: Not Checking the Pool's Temperature
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Con…
The LSI | Cyanuric Acid (CYA)
01:09 Episode Takeaways
02:30 How CYA Affects the LSI
05:59 CYA and Alkalinity
09:20 Where Does CYA Come From
14:54 Why You Shouldn't Put Chlorine Tabs In A Skimmer
15:48 How Do You Reduce CYA?
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The LSI | Total Dissolved Solids
01:03 Episode Takeaways
02:52 What does "Dissolved" mean anyway?
06:12 Mineral Systems: Just Sexy Metal?
06:44 There's a difference between being in solution and being in suspension
07:38 are phosphates …
The LSI | Calcium Hardness
01:01 - Episode Takeaways
03:12 - What does calcium hardness do for a pool?
05:58 - Calcium Hardness in Desert Climates
09:35 - Calcium Hardness Testing
13:56 - How Calcium Hardness Affects Scale
15:58 - …
The LSI | Water Temperature
00:00 - Intro
02:52 - Episode Takeaways
06:45 - Demonstration of temperature's effect on the LSI using the Orenda App
11:16 - Why do pools get more damaged in the winter?
17:55 - How does water temperat…
The Langelier Saturation Index (LSI)
00:11 - Episode Takeaways
01:51 - Water Balance vs Sanitization
05:38 - What is the LSI
09:58 - The six factors of the LSI
11:56 - Water temperature: the most ignored factor?
15:17 - Total Dissolved Solid…
Understanding pH
00:00 - Intro
02:22 - How Carbon Dioxide and pH are related
04:55 - What Causes a High pH in a Swimming Pool
05:06 - What is Henry's Law?
08:59 - What are the factors that make pH go down?
10:10 - pH cha…
Understanding Alkalinity
00:00 - Intro
02:27 - Alkalinity buffers against reduction in pH
05:27 - Where should my alkalinity be?
08:33 - How much acid does it take to bring a pool from 8.0 pH to 7.4 pH?
11:16 - What is Buffering…
pH vs. Total Alkalinity, and Their Roles in Pool Chemistry
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - What is pH?
02:30 - pH is an equilibrium
07-58 - Negative logarithm of Hydrogen
08:43 - Let's not try to control pH. Physics is going to raise the pH in swimming pools.
09:50 - Henry…
Introduction to Rule Your Pool Podcast by Orenda Technologies
About Orenda Technologies
Water is a precious resource, and we strive to make it clean and beautiful. Orenda has a philosophy of minimalism, and proactive pool care. Why be proactive? Because preven…