Frank and Jacque discuss how to cool your pool down in the summer and overcome some of the difficulties pool service techs and pool owners deal with due to the heat and swim season.
00:00 – 03:30 introduction
03:31 trip through Waxahachie, how do you pronounce it? Funny story
07:00 – how to chill your pool. Heat pumps. Running heat pumps at night makes them much more effective in chilling the pool, but you must also run your filter and circulation during the day’s heat. Pros and cons of an electric heat pump
12:38- evaporative chillers, Glacier. Use evaporation to chill water. Pros and cons of an evaporative chiller.
16:30- other ways to chill your pool. waterfalls and water features during cooler night temperatures will cool your pool. It will also affect your water chemistry.
19:00—heat-related issues during the summer season. Hotter weather and more sun require more sanitizer. Algae is more active, and more contaminants are being introduced into the water. Check your free and total chlorine. Supplement chlorine with shock if needed. Maintain proper chlorine residuals.
23:20—For tab pools, you need to watch the stabilizer or CYA levels. Cya will rise during summer with more tab use. Adjust chlorine residual as needed to maintain 7.5% or 5% of your stabilizer level in free chlorine.
25:30- Green Story Global cya remover appears to be working well
26:10- salt pools. Increase production time for saltwater chlorine generators to keep up. Increase production percentage.
28:40- benefits of a variable speed pump. make the switch
29:00- watch your filter pressure, keep the filter clean and backwashed, and keep the skimmer and pump baskets clean.
30:20- make sure the pool is circulating well. Eliminate dead spots.
30:54- borates, enzymes, phosphate removers.
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