Total Dynamic Head and the Pump Curve

It’s already July, 2011 — 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’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…..but that freedom has not [...]

Total Dynamic Head and the Pump Curve

VGB Pool & Spa Safety Act

The new NSPF Pool & Spa Operator Handbook - 2011 Edition – from the National Swimming Pool Foundation has been updated to include a GREAT overview of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (aka “P&SS Act”).  This law was signed by President Bush on December 19, 2007 and compliance was mandatory for all public pools after December 19, 2008. The overview in the [...]

VGB Pool & Spa Safety Act

Flow Rate and Water Turnover

We were back in San Diego again presenting our CPO class this past Thursday and Friday, February 3-4.   Sitting in the class were two San Diego PoolCorp employees:  Matt Myer and Morgan Burdick.  It was great to have you guys there!   Thanks for the great class participation and feedback and congratulations on acquiring your new CPO credentials!! One of the subjects we go [...]

Flow Rate and Water Turnover

Our Last CPO Class in 2010

We had our FIRST class in 2010 at a new location in Anaheim:  the Superior Pool Products Headquarters (read about it here).  Over the year, this class site developed into our new ‘home’ and was our most attended venue! Our LAST class of 2010 was also held this past Thursday and Friday, December 2-3, at the same Anaheim “home” location!   The class, once again, was [...]

Our Last CPO Class in 2010

Chlorine Stabilizer Slows Down Chlorine

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 [...]

Chlorine Stabilizer Slows Down Chlorine

Full-House In San Diego September 11-12

We had a full classroom in San Diego this past Friday and Saturday, September 11-12, 2009 — in fact we had to turn a few away and re-schedule them for future classes! A majority of the students were from the pool service industry, commercial and residential. Some other students were in commercial management, overseeing their facility’s public swimming pool.  They wanted to know just what [...]

Full-House In San Diego September 11-12