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02/04/2016

01/27/2016

LED POOL AND SPA LIGHTS-

Consumers today are constantly evaluating their decisions, especially if those decisions affect their
long-term operating costs. That’s why LED lighting has become a popular option in and around
homes: Not only do LED bulbs last longer, but compared to regular incandescent bulbs, their operational
costs are much lower. Pool professionals need to take advantage of this trend by offering LED light
conversion to their clients — it’s one of the fastest, easiest ways to reduce energy consumption while
improving visibility around the pool.

What Are LEDs?

To be able to clearly explain the benefits of LED lighting to pool owners, it’s important to understand
the basics. LEDs (light emitting diodes) are small semiconductors that convert electrical energy directly
into light. LED pool lights combine these digital light sources with the intelligence of a microprocessor,
controlling all aspects of illumination. The result is a crisp, bright, yet dense saturation of light that is
available with special effect capabilities such as color.
This improvement in light quality comes with a lower overall cost to the pool owner; LED lights feature a
much longer and cheaper operational life than traditional incandescent pool light bulbs.
Typical incandescent bulbs last only about 2,000 to 4,000 hours, whereas an LED light will last
more than 30,000 hours. LEDs also create light without reaching the high heat extremes created
by traditional lights bulbs. With less heat, they require less energy to operate because less energy
is wasted. LED circuits approach 80 percent efficiency, which means that 80 percent of the
electrical energy is converted into light energy while the remaining 20 percent is lost as heat energy .
Comparatively, incandescent bulbs operate at 20 percent efficiency, meaning 80 percent of the energy
is lost as heat.
Today’s new white LED lights use only 45-70 watts and are available in 300-, 400- and 500-watt
incandescent light equivalents. This new LED technology can use up to 86 percent less energy than
comparable incandescent lights. And because each light lasts much longer, the bulbs are changed
much less frequently — another source of cost savings. So not only do facilities reduce their energy
consumption, but they also increase their savings by reducing their routine maintenance time changing
bulbs. Plus, LED lights actually illuminate better than traditional incandescent lights, making pool water
clearer while also making for a more attractive aquatic landscape come nightfall.

10/29/2015

10/29/2015

HOW TO CHLORINATE...

Your pool must be protected from germs, bacteria, algae and a variety of other organics. Without reservation, chlorine is simply the best sanitizer for your outdoor pool. There are other sanitizers available but, in one way or another, they all fall short of chlorine.

Okay, you're convinced. Now, let's get some chlorine in your pool. It is important to understand that chlorine is a consumable item that is constantly being consumed and must constantly be replenished. Usually you must add about 2-3 ppm daily to keep the pool properly sanitized. Here are the various ways you can do that:

1. Liquid chlorine - Household bleach and liquid pool chlorine are the two common sources. They are identical in every aspect except strength, household bleach is typically 8.25% and pool chlorine is usually around 12%.

The huge advantage of liquid chlorine is that it introduces nothing into your pool except chlorine and a small amount of salt. It's almost the perfect chlorinator except for one thing...it's very bulky and, as a result, the handling of it is a nuisance compared to other forms.

2. Trichlor - Commonly sold as tablets or pucks that you simply put into an automatic container that passes pool water over them and they slowly dissolve - putting chlorine and CYA into your water and lowers the pH. They are incredibly convenient and incredibly insidious. The CYA that they put into your pool water doesn't get used up, and instead accumulates. Eventually the CYA level will build up to a point that renders your chlorine ineffective. Typically, everything is fine, until one day you start to develop algae and don't understand why.

3. Calcium Hypo - A convenient, usually powdered, form of chlorine. It's big advantage, like trichlor pucks, is it's convenience. Long term, that convenience makes you pay a price. Roughly 1/3 of Cal-hypo is Calcium that, again, goes into your pool water and you can't get it out. Constant use of cal-hypo usually results in the calcium level getting way too high in your pool which can cause scaling or cloudiness.

4. Dichlor - A stabilized, granular, fast-dissolving form of chlorine. Because it dissolves so easily, it is often sold as "shock". Like trichlor, dichlor adds chlorine and CYA to your water and lowers the pH. Use of dichlor can raise your CYA level very quickly.

5. Lithium Hypo - A convenient powdered form of chlorine. Like liquid chlorine it doesn't add anything that will cause problems to the water. However, it is generally far more expensive than any other form of chlorine.

6. SWGs (salt water chlorine generators) - Installed in your circulatory system and electrically powered, SWGs produce chlorine from the salt that you have added to your pool. A different article, Salt Water Chlorine Generators, covers them more thoroughly. Briefly, ease of use is by far their single best feature. The large initial investment to purchase the system is their big drawback.

Synopsis: Liquid chlorine (bleach) or an SWG are your two best options. Both will keep your water sparkling all summer with little, if any side effects.