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Precision Pool Chemistry: Rudy Stankowitz

Talking Pools Podcast July 5, 2024 23 min
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Key Takeaways

  • Standardize your measures and calibrate your measuring cups to ensure accurate dosing of pool chemicals.
  • Create a density-based conversion chart to easily determine the volume of chemicals needed for a specific weight.
  • Use consistent suppliers and stick to the same brand of chemicals for better control and accuracy in dosing.
  • Consider using prepackaged doses and digital scales for more precise measurements.
  • Stay within the acceptable ranges for chlorine, total alkalinity, calcium hardness, and other chemicals to maintain a safe and balanced pool.

Episode Summary

In this episode, Rudy Stankowitz discusses responsible dosing of pool chemicals. He provides tips and best practices for accurate dosing, including standardizing measures, calibrating measuring cups, and using a food scale. Rudy also explains how to create a density-based conversion chart and emphasizes the importance of using consistent suppliers. He suggests using prepackaged doses and digital scales for more precise measurements. Rudy demonstrates the calculations for converting between weight and volume using density and provides examples for different brands of calcium hypochlorite. He also highlights the significance of staying within acceptable ranges for chlorine, total alkalinity, calcium hardness, and other chemicals.

responsible dosing, pool chemicals, accurate dosing, standardizing measures, calibrating measuring cups, density-based conversion chart, consistent suppliers, prepackaged doses, digital scales, converting between weight and volume, acceptable ranges

Episode Chapters

  • 00:00 Introduction
  • 07:40 Discussion Continues
  • 15:20 Deep Dive

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