TECH ARTICLES

New Articles
Chloramine Odor
Fiberglass black-spot opinion
One Hole or Two?
Trichlor and Automation
Why does plaster fail?
More on ORP – Part 2
Controller Concepts
Filtration ~ facts, fallacies and futures
What about that turquoise hair?
Drinking Water Absurdities
I’v seen the light
A Very Important First Inch
The twelve most common myths in Pool-Water Chemistry

Articles in PDF Format
Cyanurics ~ Benefactor or Bomb?
This in-depth article demystifies cyanuric acid and explains whether or not cyunaric acid is for your pool.

The Dreaded E.Coli Bacterium
This article examines the pool-water sanitation in the context of the over-dramatized fecal accident.

What is the Fuss Over Total Dissolved Solids?

Controller Concepts
The #1 Rule
The Critical Sample Stream
What’s Worth Automating and What Is Not?
Precision in ORP Control (Or the apparent lack of it…)
Turbidity
The Most Important Alarm You Do Not Know About
ORP and Oxidation – Part 1
More on ORP – (Part 2)
More on ORP
CALIBRATION: Don’t Mess with Pretty Good!
Precision, Accuracy and Absurdity

Tech Talk
Beyond Superchlorination
CO2 – Carbon Dioxide, All it’s Gassed up to be?
Superchlorination – The Basics of Breakpoint Chlorination
Superchlorination follow-up
Turnover v. Turnover Rate
What is the Ideal Value?
What’s an acid?
What is Alkalinity? Part 1
What is Alkalinity? Part 2

Sump Stories
Guilt by Association
The 50-cent, emergency-only, chlorine feeder
Disrobed but dedicated
Sump Story: A Radical Change in Make-up Water

Miscellaneous Articles
Canaries in the Pool
Fecal Water Balance
How to Spot a Pool Junkie
Leaks – Infra-red Detecting of Spa Leaks…
Lint Pot Treasure
Pump Power Platitudes
Green Hair?

Health Habits
Crypto Makes the News Again!
Crypto Update