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		<title>Flow Rate and Water Velocity</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/12/12/flow-rate-and-water-velocity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; We finished out the year of 2011 at PoolCorp&#8217;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 &#8220;thanks&#8221; goes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Need to Know How Much Water is in the Pool !</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/11/13/you-need-to-know-how-much-water-is-in-the-pool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you maintain a swimming pool &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) vs. Circuit Breaker</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/10/23/gfci-ground-fault-circuit-interrupter-vs-circuit-breaker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/10/23/gfci-ground-fault-circuit-interrupter-vs-circuit-breaker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we are in Chapter 14 (Facility Safety) of the  Pool &#38; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grounding and Bonding &#8211; What&#8217;s the difference?</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/10/09/grounding-and-bonding-whats-the-difference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halloween will soon be here, and Betty Davis, the Accounts Receivable Manager at PoolCorp&#8217;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 &#8212; could it be some of Betty&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TriChlor and DiChlor &#8212; What do they have in common?</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/09/27/trichlor-and-dichlor-what-do-they-have-in-common/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chlorine is an element of nature &#8211; it is number 17 in group 17 (Halogens) on the Periodic Chart of the Elements.   It is a gas in its elemental form.  Using various processes,  different chlorine compounds are manufactured which we use in the swimming pool industry: Sodium Hypochlorite (Liquid Chlorine) Calcium Hypochlorite (Cal Hypo) Lithium Hypochlorite TriChlor (trichloro-s-triazinetrione) DiChlor (sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione) To protect chlorine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lights Out In San Diego</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/09/13/lights-out-in-san-diego/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a little surprise occur during our CPO class this past Thursday and Friday, September 8-9, at PoolCorp&#8217;s SCP store! At 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, the lights went out &#8211; literally.  The whole power grid went down in all of San Diego County and parts of Mexico and southern Orange County.   When the power went down in our classroom, there was no more projector, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Total Alkalinity &#8211; What is it exactly?</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/08/31/total-alkalinity-what-is-it-exactly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several phrases and terms used to describe Total Alkalinity (TA): The buffering capacity of water Water&#8217;s ability to neutralize acid The pH stabilizer The ability of water to resist a change in pH A measure of the total of hydroxide ions (OH-), carbonate ions (CO3-) and bicarbonate ions (HCO3-) in water The pH anchor These are all correct.  As you know, TA is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What changes the pH of pool water?</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/07/24/what-changes-the-ph-of-pool-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just about everything that is added to the pool water will change the pH.  And anything that exits or is carried out of the water changes the pH.  Even the type of pool wall surface will affect the pH. Our Pool &#38; Spa Operator Handbook lists a few things that affect the pH: the bathers the disinfectants we use the source water air-borne debris the water balance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your Test Kit (AND It&#8217;s Limitations)!</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/07/17/know-your-test-kit-and-its-limitations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main &#8220;tool of the trade&#8221; that we use as pool operators is our test kit and testing instruments. In our CPO certification class, we talk about and thoroughly explain, the four different methods of chemical testing that we perform in the field:  colorimetric, titrimetric, turbidimetric, and electronic.   There are many different brands, models, and combinations of test kits and instruments available to us.  And every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Total Dynamic Head and the Pump Curve</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/07/10/total-dynamic-head-and-the-pump-curve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s already July, 2011 &#8212; and this year is more than half over.  Time is just FLYING by as we have fun teaching CPO classes! Last Monday was July 4, and we celebrated our country&#8217;s Independence Day with family and friends with picnics and fireworks.  As a nation, we have declared ourselves to be independent and sovereign now for 235 years&#8230;..but that freedom has not [...]]]></description>
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