How would you like to put your pool on cruise control? With an automated control system, you can automate maintenance functions like sanitization, heating and filtration, and control ambient features such as lighting and water features using only your smartphone or tablet. An automated control system can also save you money – often reducing energy…
Category: Pool Technology
A new year… time to remodel
In Arizona, those of us without pool heaters have a few more months before we can start enjoying our pools again. But perhaps this is a good time to take a long look at your swimming pool and pool area. Is it the pool you always wanted or is it becoming a plaster cracked eyesore…
Welcome to the Age of the Smart Spa
How many times have you decided to use your spa only to realize you forgot to turn the heater on and had to wait around for the spa to become warm enough to enter? Or on those particularly cold nights decided not to use the spa because you didn’t want to bundle up just to…
Geothermal Pool Heating
If you you decide to heat your pool in the winter you have a few options. Gas/propane pool heaters, air source heat pumps, solar heat pumps, or geothermal pool heat pumps. Today we are going to talk about the last option, geothermal heating. How geothermal pool heat pumps work is by basically collecting heat from…
Here Comes The Sun?
In the days of fun and sun, it only make sense that pool companies would try to develop products to harness solar-energy. However, it seems the pool industry has been somewhat slow embracing the use of solar power. Part of the hesitancy stems from the mid-90’s when there was a big push for solar products.…
California Sting Nabs Illegal Contractors
When you are shopping for pool repair or installation, beware! Nearly 80 contractors, including pool contractors, were charged with operating without a license in a sting conducted in California recently. Undercover agents posed as homeowners needing repairs or installations for their homes. In addition to being charged with operating without a license, some of the…
Managing Pool Systems with the Web and Mobile Apps
While you may not think initially of using the web to manage your pool, technology marches onward. And these advancements are making it easier for Commercial Pool Managers. Hayward recently released new ways of managing water quality of multiple commercial pools and spas from a single remote location on any computer, Blackberry® or iPhone® or…