Rule Your Pool Orenda Technologies, Eric Knight
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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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Understanding pH buffering systems and pKa values
Eric dives deep into alkalinity chemistry, explaining how pH buffering systems work, and the concept of a pKa value.
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Cicadas (and other small dead animals) in Swimming Pools
Eric records outside amongst the deafening roar of millions of cicadas in Charlotte. Cicadas and other small animals that may wind up in the pool can affect water chemistry.
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Tools for the Modern Pool Pro, with Skimmer + Orenda (w/ Niki Acosta and Jack Nelson)
Eric interviews Niki and Jack from Skimmer to discuss their vision for raising the bar in the pool industry with technology. Skimmer's integration with the Orenda Calculator is part of developing customers into Modern Pool Professionals.
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Scaling Up your Pool Business with PoolBrain + Orenda (w/ Adam Beech)
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.
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The case against column-pouring acid
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.
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Self-Serving Pseudo-Science (w/ Terry Arko)
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.