GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) vs. Circuit Breaker

October 23rd, 2011 by Steve No Comments

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 [...]

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GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) vs. Circuit Breaker

Water Safety Month

May 9th, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Did you know that May is Water Safety Month?   One full chapter in our CPO Handbook (Chapter 14) is dedicated to Water Safety.   As an introduction to the class, I cite the statistics of drownings in Orange County: “Between the years of 2005-2007, on average, over 8 children each year drown in Orange County, California, alone.  Folks–that’s a pre-school class!” (OC Report) A pre-school class [...]

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Water Safety Month

Keeping Records – A Never Ending Task

September 5th, 2010 by Steve No Comments

We had our second installment of our CPO presentation for Archstone Apartments.  This past Thursday and Friday, September 2-3,  we were at their regional HQ in Santa Ana – a first class facility in all aspects!  Everyone was very professional in dress and manner and spoke  as if they took pride in their position at Archstone and for working in such a beautiful facility. The CPO [...]

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Keeping Records - A Never Ending Task

What Exactly is pH?

April 11th, 2010 by Steve No Comments

Ever seen Palm trees in front of snow-covered mountains!–well, we did! As we drove to SCP-Riverside for our CPO class, this past Thursday and Friday, April 8-9 the view was gorgeous… snow-covered San Bernadino Mountains on one side and green-covered hills on the other.  Yes, we are truly blessed to live in such a beautiful place! This Riverside class ended up at full capacity, too!  We had [...]

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What Exactly is pH?

Drowning – A Tragic Statistic

April 3rd, 2010 by Steve No Comments

Spring and sunshine are here!  And our class in Anaheim, March 25-26 2010, was “a buzz’n” with guys from all over California:  Palmdale, Palm Springs, Warner Springs, Pomona and all over Orange County.  Many of them came as strangers, but left as buddies, friends, and colleagues in the pool industry.  One student had a background very similar to mine:  he came from the corporate world of computer [...]

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Drowning - A Tragic Statistic

Chlorine Stabilizer Slows Down Chlorine

March 6th, 2010 by Steve No Comments

We opened up our 2010 SCP San Diego CPO class this past Thursday and Friday, March 4-5.  A new boss was in town, too – David Ogren — a.k.a. “David-O”.  Congratulations on the new job and promotion, Dave!  And thank you for the red carpet welcome! We arrived at SCP the day before class to set up the classroom in advance and everything went very [...]

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Chlorine Stabilizer Slows Down Chlorine
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