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 and Friday, January 12-13.  When we rolled in on Wednesday afternoon to set-up  – we were  immediately greeted by Steve and Brian — our heroes!!  Thanks, guys!!  – it is such a great help to us when you carry our equipment and supplies up the stairs! [...]

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

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).  The CPO students were energetic and ready to learn about swimming  pool operation, and did quite well on the exam.  Thanks again, to PoolCorp and to the staff in Anaheim for all your hospitality and support throughout the year.  And a BIG “thanks” goes [...]

Flow Rate and Water Velocity

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 you know how much water is the the pool, you will understand if your pool equipment is performing correctly AND you will know the correct amount of chemicals to add to the pool water. The local health department requires that all the pool water  must [...]

You Need to Know How Much Water is in the Pool !

NSPF Educational Opportunities

We start the second day of our CPO class with the homework review.    Did somebody say, “Homework? Ugh!”  Well, yes, it IS school — AND there is HOMEWORK!–sorry….you’ve got to practice those math problems to do well on the exam–it’s a fact! After the homework review, we spend some time online showing the students the National Swimming Pool Foundation’s website. We also introduce our [...]

NSPF Educational Opportunities

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 about the difference between a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) and a Circuit Breaker.  We also define the difference between grounding and bonding, which you can read about here. The Circuit Breaker will interrupt (turn the circuit off) when there is a current overload.  This [...]

GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) vs. Circuit Breaker

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.  She has a tradition of decorating her office to the max before Halloween! Tombstones, mummies, rats, vultures, ghosts, skeletons and all kinds of spooky stuff can be found in there. You might even find a few body parts — could it be some of Betty’s [...]

Grounding and Bonding - What's the difference?