SPA & Hot Water Facility Maintenance – A Special Challenge

August 29th, 2010 by Steve 4 Comments

Well, we used all the tables at our home base at Superior Pool Products-Anaheim for our CPO class this past Thursday-Friday, August 26-27.  It was a special group of guys, too:  lots of questions, participation and discussion. One interesting and lively subject was the operation and maintenance of spas and how especially difficult they are to maintain.  Our text book (NSPF’s CERTIFIED POOL & SPA OPERATOR HANDBOOK) gives this [...]

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SPA & Hot Water Facility Maintenance - A Special Challenge

BTUs – How Long will Take to Heat the Pool?

July 24th, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

We had a lot going on the past few weeks.  We held a CPO class in San Diego on July 8 – 9 (Thursday – Friday).  Then on Saturday, July 10, Steve traveled to Omaha Nebraska to attend his niece’s wedding. — He had a great time, seeing and visiting with his family and meeting the family of the groom — great people from Wisconsin. The [...]

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BTUs - How Long will Take to Heat the Pool?

High Efficiency-Variable Speed Pumps – The Only Way!

June 27th, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Anaheim continues to be the attraction for our CPO students.  Our class this past Thursday and Friday, June 24-25 at the Superior Pool Products Headquarters, attracted students from far and away.  They came from the Bay Area: Santa Rosa (close to San Francisco), from Clovis, from Oxnard, from Wrightwood, from Stevenson Ranch, from Newbury Park, and from Rosemead.  We also had a few locals from [...]

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High Efficiency-Variable Speed Pumps - The Only Way!

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Killed Her

June 14th, 2010 by Steve 3 Comments

Did you ever hear of a bacteria, called Pseudomonas aeruginosa? (soo-da-no-mas  aw-ridge-i-nos-a). Wow–those Greek words are tough to pronounce, aren’t they!! Well, it is an “opportunistic pathogen,”  meaning, it actively seeks entry into the body.  When it does enter the bloodstream (maybe through an open wound) , it is very difficult to diagnose and kill with antibiotics–thus, the reason why it can be so dangerous! This [...]

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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Killed Her

Chlorine Equivalents

May 23rd, 2010 by Steve No Comments

We continue to have a fun time in Anaheim!  The class was full this past Thursday and Friday, May 20-21.  The munchies were great and the students were enthusiastic!  Two students ACED the test — can you spot them?   The student dynamics and diversity are always interesting. We had a 25+ year pool industry veteran, an Imperial County Health official, property managers, facility supervisors, [...]

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Chlorine Equivalents

Filter Sizing

April 25th, 2010 by Steve 3 Comments

We had the privilege of having one of PoolCorp’s finest employees attend our CPO class in Anaheim this past Thursday and Friday, April 22-23: Cuauhtemoc Nino, from the Superior Pool Product store in Monrovia.  We first met Nino last year, and then met up with him again when we presented a mini-water chemistry seminar, called ’Why the Dog Died‘ this past February at the Monrovia store. [...]

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Filter Sizing
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