SWIMMING POOL AND HOT TUB MAINTENANCE
Learn how to clean and maintain your saltwater or chlorine swimming pool. Use Pool Calculator’s tools to keep your swimming pool and hot tub chemicals balanced and cloudy pool water clear!
The Pros and Cons of Pool Sanitation Systems – Chlorine, Saltwater, Ozone, and UV
What you sanitize your pool with is one of the most crucial decisions you will make as a pool owner. Contrary to popular belief, there are many different ways to clean your pool. Chlorine is a great and reliable option, but it isn’t the only one.
Free Chlorine vs Total Chlorine – What’s the Difference?
Pool Chemistry is something that every pool owner has to deal with. Balancing your pool is a must to obtain those “crystal clear waters”. One of the keys to this pool chemistry is knowing the difference between Free Chlorine and Total Chlorine.
Automated Pool Systems and Mobile Apps – Pool Technology
As technology advances, people’s lives seem to get easier. Advancements make tasks that were once difficult very manageable. These difficult jobs are now done by us with a press of a button. These advancements are no different when it comes to pool care.
Why You Should Use LED Pool Lights – Pool Technology
Pool lights are a necessity if you want to get maximum usage out of your pool. Limiting your pool use to the daytime means hours wasted with your favorite home investment. However, simply using incandescent bulbs will not give you the maximum enjoyment you deserve.
Robotic Pool Cleaners and Other Automated Vacuums – Pool Technology
Cleaning your pool can often be tedious and hard work. Getting down to the depths of your pool to vacuum and scrubbing all the sides takes a lot of time. One of the top innovations in the pool world recently has been the use of robotic pool cleaners. These cleaners are automated, safe, and simple to use.
How to Clean Different Types of Pool Filters
Sand filters, cartridge filters, or D.E. filters. Regardless of the filter you own, your filter does a lot of the dirty work for you. The job of a filter is to take the dirty water from your pool and clean it to the highest degree possible.
UV Pool Sanitation Systems – Pool Technology
One of the latest and greatest innovations in pool technology is the use of UV rays for pool sanitation and treatment. This UV system is a supplemental pool tool that can greatly increase the cleanliness of your pool as long as it is used in an efficient way.
Solar Pool Covers – Pool Technology
Solar pool covers are a newly invented and popularized version of a typical pool cover that could save you both time and money. Almost everyone has a normal pool cover
Using the Calcium Saturation Index to Calculate Your Pool’s Health
The Calcium Saturation Index is a helpful tool for testing your swimming pool’s health. This tool uses a variety of measurements to gauge this health, and is actually quite simple in practice. On Pool Calculator we’ll be diving into the CSI.