07 Apr, 2013 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk The Acid Column Myth The following article is from Kim Skinner — part of the research team of onBalance. I received this via email Read more
17 Jun, 2012 By Steve Donohoe Safety Tips, Tech Talk Manually Adding Chemicals to the Pool Chapter 9 of our Pool & Spa Operator™Handbook is all about adding chemicals to the swimming pool; using automated controllers/feeders or Read more
29 Apr, 2012 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk Pool Water Balance What is balanced pool water? Balanced water is when calcium carbonate does not precipitate out of the water and stick Read more
11 Mar, 2012 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk Available Chlorine Content On page 50 of our Pool & Spa Operator Handbook in chapter 5, there is an excellent chart that lists all the Read more
26 Feb, 2012 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk Salt Water Chlorine Generators We need chlorine in our swimming pools to disinfect the water and to oxidize the contaminants. Various chlorine compounds are Read more
12 Dec, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk Flow Rate and Water Velocity We finished out the year of 2011 at PoolCorp’s Superior Pool Products building in Anaheim this past Thursday and Friday (December 8-9) Read more
13 Nov, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk You Need to Know How Much Water is in the Pool ! When you maintain a swimming pool – residential or commercial – you MUST know how much water is in it. If Read more
23 Oct, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) vs. Circuit Breaker When we are in Chapter 14 (Facility Safety) of the Pool & Spa Operator Handbook, discussing electrical safety during our CPO® class, we talk Read more
09 Oct, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk Grounding and Bonding – What’s the difference? Halloween will soon be here, and Betty Davis, the Accounts Receivable Manager at PoolCorp’s SCP store in Riverside, is always ready Read more
27 Sep, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk TriChlor and DiChlor — What do they have in common? Chlorine is an element of nature – it is number 17 in group 17 (Halogens) on the Periodic Chart of Read more