Ep 125. How Long to Run Your Pump and Filter Safety

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Frank and Jacque discuss the logic in filter pump run schedules and some safety warnings about filters.

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The Deep End Pool Podcast focuses on residential pool maintenance and may not cover commercial pool requirements. Please consult the CDC and local authorities and code requirements for commercial pool maintenance.

00:00 Introduction

04:45 problems even when you have weekly service. Water still changes daily, service techs manage pools for known current conditions.

07:00 There is very little consistency with pool chemistry after weather events.

07:35 Opinions are like buttholes, everybody has one. Frank’s addition to this. “Do you know the difference between an opinion and a butthole? You can’t get a butthole from an opinion, but you can get an opinion from a butthole”.

09:24 joke: Why does a duck have feathers on it’s tail? answer: To cover it’s butt quack.

09:45 how long to run your pump. 1 hour for every 10 degrees of air temperature is a worthless formula.

10:44 Gage and Bidwell law of dilution.

20:00 using varying speeds with a variable speed pump and taking advantage of the huge electricity savings of lower speeds.

25:50 filter cleaning. It is not that difficult, but can be dangerous. Frank had a customer get killed by their filter.


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