12 Feb, 2012 By Steve Donohoe Healthy Water Consider the Pool Inspector An Ally! We just finished up our third CPO Certification class of the new year this past Thursday and Friday, February 9-10, Read more
15 Jan, 2012 By Steve Donohoe Safety Tips Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) We started off the new year of 2012 with our Certified Pool/Spa Operator® Certification class in Anaheim this past Thursday 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
30 Oct, 2011 By Elise Education Opportunities NSPF Educational Opportunities We start the second day of our CPO class with the homework review. Did somebody say, “Homework? Ugh!” Well, 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
By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk Lights Out In San Diego We had a little surprise occur during our CPO class this past Thursday and Friday, September 8-9, at PoolCorp’s SCP Read more
31 Aug, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk Total Alkalinity – What is it exactly? There are several phrases and terms used to describe Total Alkalinity (TA): The buffering capacity of water Water’s ability to Read more