Podcast Episodes

Episode 6: The pH Ceiling: Why Your pH Keeps Rising and What to Do About It | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 6

You add acid. pH comes back up. You add more. Eventually you grab the whole jug. Then you pull up the next morning and the liner is wrinkled — across…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Episode 5: My Pool Guy Is Full of Crap | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 5

"My pool guy is full of crap."

It shows up in forums, in Facebook groups, in Reddit threads. And sometimes? They're not wrong.

But most of the time the…

4 months ago

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Episode 4: Salt Chlorine Generators - The Best Chlorination Method Available. Here's Why It Still Fails. | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 4

 Salt chlorine generators are, in my professional opinion, the best residential pool chlorination method available today. I recommend them. My compan…

4 months, 1 week ago

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Episode 3: LSI - The Number that Runs Every Pool | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 3

 There is one calculation that determines whether your pool water is slowly destroying your equipment, etching your plaster, or quietly depositing sc…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 2: The 7.5% Rule. The Most Important Number You've Never Heard Of | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 2

Your test strip shows chlorine. The water looks clear. But is your chlorine actually working?

In this episode, chemical and nuclear engineer John Coop…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Episode 1: Why Pool Care Is a Science Problem | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 1

John got a call from another pool guy who was in way over his head. What he found when he walked into that equipment room is the single best argument…

5 months ago

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