PoolLetter Volume 2

July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1998

Odd numbered PoolLetters were received only by subscribers; even numbered PoolLetters were received by everyone on the email list at the time the letter went out. However, only subscribers have access to back issues.

Back to the general PoolLetter index page

Text Formatted PoolLetters

• Vol. 2, No. 1
  • The BETTER Method of Shocking
  • Eradicating Algae
  • The Five pH Control Chemicals
  • Testing When Your Chlorine is High
  • Stabilizer Reminder
  • Quickie Home Kiddie Pool Answers
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 2
  • Accessing Password Protected Pages
  • Using Inline Chlorinators to Save Time & Money
  • The BEST Inline Chlorinator . . . My Opinion
  • Is It a Leaking or just Evaporating? -- the Easy Test
  • Help!! My Pool Tastes Salty!
  • Big Brother Strikes Again!
  • Just to be Fair
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 3
  • Temporary Access Password for PoolSolutions
  • Just the Basics, Please!
  • Elements of Basic Pool Care
  • No Recipes, but . . .
  • How Full is that Pool?;
  • PoolLetter Confusion
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 4
  • Gilding the Lily
  • They're Shooting Those Pools!
  • Dealing with Frogs and Bugs (again)
  • PoolSolutions in the News
  • Once a Week Chlorination - Both Possible and Practical!
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 5
  • Eliminating Algae from Pool Decks
  • Using the "Yellows" and other Chlorine Boosters
  • Fixing Problems with the "Chlorine Boosters"
  • Got a Problem? Start by Collecting Information!
  • Now's the Time: Summer Swimming
  • Now's the Time: Fall Rehab and Repair Projects
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 6
  • Extending the Swimming Pool Season
  • End of the Season Chemical Clean-Up
  • Killer Bubbles in your Pool!
  • Want an Expert to Check your Algae?
  • Removing Metal Stains on the Deck with Grocery Chemicals!
  • Slow Down Trichlor Skimmer Tab Loss
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 7
  • No More Chlorine at KMart? Try Leslies!
  • Need Pool Equipment at Good Prices? Try CVP!
  • Need Good Pool Repair Info? Try Scott C's New Book!
  • Website Commerce Seals;
  • An Example of Poor Internet Ethics!
  • Chlorine is Shocking, Isn't It?
  • Vinyl Wrinkles
  • A Personal Note, Sorta
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 8
  • Test BEFORE you close!
  • But what about COPPER, and other heavy metals?
  • Solar Pool Heat, continued
  • Caution about the high pH page
  • Buying Online with Credit Cards.
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 9
  • PoolLetter Info [subscriptions, cancellations, email problems, missing letters]
  • A Tale of Two Pools or . . . Winter Wetlands in the Backyard
  • Recommended Pool Covers
  • Cleaning Filter Cartridges — How-to
  • Cleaning Filter Cartridges — How-NOT-to!
  • Cleaning Filter Cartridges for Baquacil/Softswim Pools
  • Baquacil vs. Softswim Chemicals
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 10
  • Water Exercise Tips
  • Water Chemistry in Winter
  • Winterizing Tidbits, #1
  • Why You Should Care about OEM Rubber!
  • Credit Card Gas Pumps and Passwords
  • Algae Eradication, Revisited
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 11
  • A General Guide to Winterizing (NOT!)
  • My Questions, Your Answers; Winterizing Tibits, #2
  • Why Subscribe Now?
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 12
  • Winterizing Tips, Revisited
  • Don't Drain that Pool, Revisited
  • Help, My Pool is Green (ALREADY!)
  • Bromide and Mustard Algae
  
  

HTML Formatted PoolLetters

• Vol. 2, No. 13
  • PoolLetter Basics
  • A Brief Intro to USS Swimming
  • Take a Peek . . . Please (Winter Pool Checking)
  • Gimmicks, Gadgets and Gotchas
  • Give your Pool a Break! (Find a Swimming Hole)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 14
  • Blue Water Voodoo or,
    How Poor Pool Products Get Great Testimonials!
  • Keeping your Pool Open This Winter? THIS Might Help!
    (Leafmaster)
  • List of Recommended Components for Residential Pools
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 15
  • Indoor vs. Outdoor (Indoor Pool Series #1)
  • Common Misconceptions (Indoor Pool Series #2)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 16
  • Common Misconceptions (Indoor Pool Series #2, cont.)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 17
  • Indoor Pool Chemistry (Indoor Pool Series #3)
  • Effects on People (Indoor Pool Series #4)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 18
  • Effects on Buildings (Indoor Pool Series #5)
  • Guide to Pool Buying Online (includes price comparisons)
  • What Kind of Pool is BEST? - Introduction to New Pool Series
  • What Kind of Pool is BEST? (New Pool Series #2)
  • What Kind of Pool is BEST?
    (New Pool Series #3: Aboveground vs. Inground)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 19
  • Swimwear Secrets
  • What Kind of Pool is BEST?
    (New Pool Series #4: Concrete vs Vinyl vs Fiberglass)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 20
  • Cleaning Up the Green Goo in your Pool an Easier Way!
    (Part 1)
  • Pool Chemical Feeders -- What you Need, and Why
  • Fiberglass Pool Characteristics, Gotchas and Secrets (New Pool Series #5)
  • Vinyl Pool Characteristics, Gotchas, and Secrets
    (New Pool Series #6)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 21
  • Test Kits -- Why You Need Them; How to Use Them
  • Chlorine Testing Terminology 101
  • Test strips:
  • A Pool Owner's Nightmare: A Chemical Company's Dream Come True
  • The Best Kits to Have . . and Use!
  • Cool Pool Tool: the Leaf Eater
  • Green Slimy Goo Wanted!
  • Web-browsing Tips: the Right Click Trick
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 22
  • Trees and Pools -- Not a Pretty Combination.
  • Check Your Filter BEFORE You Start Your Pool!
  • Start the Year Right: No VooDoo Chemicals.
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 23 (Subscriber)
  • Big Pumps, Little Filters = A Big Mess
  • Neither Calcium nor Alkalinity in Plastic Pools!
  • Internet Big Brothers
  • AOL: The Nightmare ISP for Webmasters
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 24 (Free)
  • Mostly housekeeping issues
    
    
• Vol. 2, No. 25
  • ANOTHER New PoolSolutions Website with Step-by-step Guides
    
    
• Vol. 2, No. 26
  • Ammonium sulfate and slimed pools
  • Using Peroxide to Start-up Green Goo Filled Pools
  • FIFRA, the EPA, and Pool Chemicals
    

• Vol. 2, No. 27
  • Flocculation to Remove Dead Algae
  • For Truly Weird Problems, Call the Chemical Company Hotlines
  • How Much Borax is Safe; How Much Should I Add?
  • Just How Much Chlorine is Enough, with Green Algae
    

• Vol. 2, No. 28
  • Flocculation to Remove Dead Algae
  • For Truly Weird Problems, Call the Chemical Company Hotlines
  • How Much Borax is Safe; How Much Should I Add?
  • Just How Much Chlorine is Enough, with Green Algae

Text Formatted PoolLetters

• Vol. 2, No. 29
  • Pool Dealer Computers: the Accidental Scam!

• Vol. 2, No. 30 - Easy Pool Chemical Maintenance, Part 1
  • Where to Start
  • The Rules!
  • Physical Pool Maintenance
  • Pool Testing
  • Making Chemical Adjustments
  • Managing pH
  • Shocking

• Vol. 2, No. 31 - Swiss Army Knife Info Page
  • Pool Mfg. Contact Info
  • Quick and Dirty Fixes
  • and More.
    

• Vol. 2, No. 32 - Easy Pool Chemical Maintenance, Part 2
  • Algaecides
  • Total Alkalinity
  • Calcium Hardness
  • Balance/Saturation Index
  • Stabilizer
  • Metals
  • TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
  • Old Water
  • Temperature

PoolLetter Volume 2

July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1998

Odd numbered PoolLetters were received only by subscribers; even numbered PoolLetters were received by everyone on the email list at the time the letter went out. However, only subscribers have access to back issues.

Back to the general PoolLetter index page

Text Formatted PoolLetters

• Vol. 2, No. 1
  • The BETTER Method of Shocking
  • Eradicating Algae
  • The Five pH Control Chemicals
  • Testing When Your Chlorine is High
  • Stabilizer Reminder
  • Quickie Home Kiddie Pool Answers
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 2
  • Accessing Password Protected Pages
  • Using Inline Chlorinators to Save Time & Money
  • The BEST Inline Chlorinator . . . My Opinion
  • Is It a Leaking or just Evaporating? -- the Easy Test
  • Help!! My Pool Tastes Salty!
  • Big Brother Strikes Again!
  • Just to be Fair
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 3
  • Temporary Access Password for PoolSolutions
  • Just the Basics, Please!
  • Elements of Basic Pool Care
  • No Recipes, but . . .
  • How Full is that Pool?;
  • PoolLetter Confusion
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 4
  • Gilding the Lily
  • They're Shooting Those Pools!
  • Dealing with Frogs and Bugs (again)
  • PoolSolutions in the News
  • Once a Week Chlorination - Both Possible and Practical!
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 5
  • Eliminating Algae from Pool Decks
  • Using the "Yellows" and other Chlorine Boosters
  • Fixing Problems with the "Chlorine Boosters"
  • Got a Problem? Start by Collecting Information!
  • Now's the Time: Summer Swimming
  • Now's the Time: Fall Rehab and Repair Projects
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 6
  • Extending the Swimming Pool Season
  • End of the Season Chemical Clean-Up
  • Killer Bubbles in your Pool!
  • Want an Expert to Check your Algae?
  • Removing Metal Stains on the Deck with Grocery Chemicals!
  • Slow Down Trichlor Skimmer Tab Loss
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 7
  • No More Chlorine at KMart? Try Leslies!
  • Need Pool Equipment at Good Prices? Try CVP!
  • Need Good Pool Repair Info? Try Scott C's New Book!
  • Website Commerce Seals;
  • An Example of Poor Internet Ethics!
  • Chlorine is Shocking, Isn't It?
  • Vinyl Wrinkles
  • A Personal Note, Sorta
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 8
  • Test BEFORE you close!
  • But what about COPPER, and other heavy metals?
  • Solar Pool Heat, continued
  • Caution about the high pH page
  • Buying Online with Credit Cards.
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 9
  • PoolLetter Info [subscriptions, cancellations, email problems, missing letters]
  • A Tale of Two Pools or . . . Winter Wetlands in the Backyard
  • Recommended Pool Covers
  • Cleaning Filter Cartridges — How-to
  • Cleaning Filter Cartridges — How-NOT-to!
  • Cleaning Filter Cartridges for Baquacil/Softswim Pools
  • Baquacil vs. Softswim Chemicals
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 10
  • Water Exercise Tips
  • Water Chemistry in Winter
  • Winterizing Tidbits, #1
  • Why You Should Care about OEM Rubber!
  • Credit Card Gas Pumps and Passwords
  • Algae Eradication, Revisited
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 11
  • A General Guide to Winterizing (NOT!)
  • My Questions, Your Answers; Winterizing Tibits, #2
  • Why Subscribe Now?
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 12
  • Winterizing Tips, Revisited
  • Don't Drain that Pool, Revisited
  • Help, My Pool is Green (ALREADY!)
  • Bromide and Mustard Algae
  
  

HTML Formatted PoolLetters

• Vol. 2, No. 13
  • PoolLetter Basics
  • A Brief Intro to USS Swimming
  • Take a Peek . . . Please (Winter Pool Checking)
  • Gimmicks, Gadgets and Gotchas
  • Give your Pool a Break! (Find a Swimming Hole)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 14
  • Blue Water Voodoo or,
    How Poor Pool Products Get Great Testimonials!
  • Keeping your Pool Open This Winter? THIS Might Help!
    (Leafmaster)
  • List of Recommended Components for Residential Pools
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 15
  • Indoor vs. Outdoor (Indoor Pool Series #1)
  • Common Misconceptions (Indoor Pool Series #2)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 16
  • Common Misconceptions (Indoor Pool Series #2, cont.)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 17
  • Indoor Pool Chemistry (Indoor Pool Series #3)
  • Effects on People (Indoor Pool Series #4)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 18
  • Effects on Buildings (Indoor Pool Series #5)
  • Guide to Pool Buying Online (includes price comparisons)
  • What Kind of Pool is BEST? - Introduction to New Pool Series
  • What Kind of Pool is BEST? (New Pool Series #2)
  • What Kind of Pool is BEST?
    (New Pool Series #3: Aboveground vs. Inground)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 19
  • Swimwear Secrets
  • What Kind of Pool is BEST?
    (New Pool Series #4: Concrete vs Vinyl vs Fiberglass)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 20
  • Cleaning Up the Green Goo in your Pool an Easier Way!
    (Part 1)
  • Pool Chemical Feeders -- What you Need, and Why
  • Fiberglass Pool Characteristics, Gotchas and Secrets (New Pool Series #5)
  • Vinyl Pool Characteristics, Gotchas, and Secrets
    (New Pool Series #6)
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 21
  • Test Kits -- Why You Need Them; How to Use Them
  • Chlorine Testing Terminology 101
  • Test strips:
  • A Pool Owner's Nightmare: A Chemical Company's Dream Come True
  • The Best Kits to Have . . and Use!
  • Cool Pool Tool: the Leaf Eater
  • Green Slimy Goo Wanted!
  • Web-browsing Tips: the Right Click Trick
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 22
  • Trees and Pools -- Not a Pretty Combination.
  • Check Your Filter BEFORE You Start Your Pool!
  • Start the Year Right: No VooDoo Chemicals.
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 23 (Subscriber)
  • Big Pumps, Little Filters = A Big Mess
  • Neither Calcium nor Alkalinity in Plastic Pools!
  • Internet Big Brothers
  • AOL: The Nightmare ISP for Webmasters
  
  
• Vol. 2, No. 24 (Free)
  • Mostly housekeeping issues
    
    
• Vol. 2, No. 25
  • ANOTHER New PoolSolutions Website with Step-by-step Guides
    
    
• Vol. 2, No. 26
  • Ammonium sulfate and slimed pools
  • Using Peroxide to Start-up Green Goo Filled Pools
  • FIFRA, the EPA, and Pool Chemicals
    

• Vol. 2, No. 27
  • Flocculation to Remove Dead Algae
  • For Truly Weird Problems, Call the Chemical Company Hotlines
  • How Much Borax is Safe; How Much Should I Add?
  • Just How Much Chlorine is Enough, with Green Algae
    

• Vol. 2, No. 28
  • Flocculation to Remove Dead Algae
  • For Truly Weird Problems, Call the Chemical Company Hotlines
  • How Much Borax is Safe; How Much Should I Add?
  • Just How Much Chlorine is Enough, with Green Algae

Text Formatted PoolLetters

• Vol. 2, No. 29
  • Pool Dealer Computers: the Accidental Scam!

• Vol. 2, No. 30 - Easy Pool Chemical Maintenance, Part 1
  • Where to Start
  • The Rules!
  • Physical Pool Maintenance
  • Pool Testing
  • Making Chemical Adjustments
  • Managing pH
  • Shocking

• Vol. 2, No. 31 - Swiss Army Knife Info Page
  • Pool Mfg. Contact Info
  • Quick and Dirty Fixes
  • and More.
    

• Vol. 2, No. 32 - Easy Pool Chemical Maintenance, Part 2
  • Algaecides
  • Total Alkalinity
  • Calcium Hardness
  • Balance/Saturation Index
  • Stabilizer
  • Metals
  • TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
  • Old Water
  • Temperature

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