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SPA & Hot Water Facility Maintenance – A Special Challenge

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeAugust 29, 20104 Comments

Well, we used all the tables at our home base at Superior Pool Products-Anaheim for our CPO class this past Thursday-Friday, August 26-27.  It was a special group of guys, too:  lots …

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BTUs – How Long will Take to Heat the Pool?

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeJuly 24, 20101 Comment

We had a lot going on the past few weeks.  We held a CPO class in San Diego on July 8 – 9 (Thursday – Friday).  Then on Saturday, July …

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High Efficiency-Variable Speed Pumps – The Only Way!

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeJune 27, 20101 Comment

Anaheim continues to be the attraction for our CPO students.  Our class this past Thursday and Friday, June 24-25 at the Superior Pool Products Headquarters, attracted students from far and …

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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Killed Her

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Healthy Water by Steve DonohoeJune 14, 20103 Comments

Did you ever hear of a bacteria, called Pseudomonas aeruginosa? (soo-da-no-mas  aw-ridge-i-nos-a). Wow–those Greek words are tough to pronounce, aren’t they!! Well, it is an “opportunistic pathogen,”  meaning, it actively seeks …

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Filter Sizing

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeApril 25, 20103 Comments

We had the privilege of having one of PoolCorp’s finest employees attend our CPO class in Anaheim this past Thursday and Friday, April 22-23: Cuauhtemoc Nino, from the Superior Pool …

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What Exactly is pH?

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeApril 11, 2010Leave a Comment

Ever seen Palm trees in front of snow-covered mountains!–well, we did! As we drove to SCP-Riverside for our CPO class, this past Thursday and Friday, April 8-9 the view was …

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Chlorine Stabilizer Slows Down Chlorine

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Healthy Water by Steve DonohoeMarch 6, 2010Leave a Comment

We opened up our 2010 SCP San Diego CPO class this past Thursday and Friday, March 4-5.  A new boss was in town, too – David Ogren — a.k.a. “David-O”. …

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What Exactly is PPM (Parts Per Million)?

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeFebruary 8, 2010Leave a Comment

The rains just keep on coming here in Southern California…but no complaints here! — its all needed and welcomed! Speaking of welcome —  E.J Wamsley and crew gave us a …

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RWI – Recreational Water Illnesses

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Healthy Water by Steve DonohoeJanuary 24, 20101 Comment

Our first CPO class this year was held January 21-22, 2010 at the beautiful PoolCorp Anaheim operational support facility (previously, the headquarters for Superior Pool Products LLC). Despite 5 days …

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Oxidation or Nano-Filtration

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeDecember 2, 2009Leave a Comment

Class finale of 2009 We had our last class of 2009 the weekend before Thanksgiving on Friday and Saturday, November 20-21.  We were teaching at our home base:  PoolCorp’s SCP, …

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Cyanuric Acid – a Study

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