Episode 153: CCH® - How Cal-Hypo Tabs Could be the Answer to the Chlorine Shortage with Alan Wing
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Episode Summary
Today, we speak with Alan Wing, Commercial Regional Manager for the Western U.S. at Sigura Water. He handles both Pulsar and CCH® which are both cal-hypo sanitizing systems for pools. He has been in the pool industry for over 30 years, having started his career cleaning pools in Seattle before becoming a sales rep for a pool store, where he steadily built his knowledge on pools.
Listen in as Alan offers a primer on cal-hypo, tri-chlor, and liquid chlorine. He explains the advantages of cal-hypo and best practices for applying both tabs and granular to a pool. Finally, he speaks on CCH’s® cal-hypo slow dissolving tabs and its chemical feeder, the CCH® Endurance system.
Topics Discussed
00:47 - An introduction to Alan Wing
02:58 - Alan on cal-hypo and making the transition from tri-chlor
05:23 - Why most people are still using liquid chlorine or tri-chlor to sanitize pools
06:52 - What is “free available chlorine” and why is it so important?
08:31 - The differences in swimming in a pool with and without cal-hypo
10:21 - Preparing your pool when switching to cal-hypo and the advantages to switching
15:12 - How technicians should apply cal-hypo to pools
16:30 - Slow-dissolving tabs and chemical feeders offered by CCH®
20:53 - Installing CCH’s® chemical feeder
24:01 - Alan’s recommended steps for switching customers over to their cal-hypo tabs
28:10 - Necessary adjustments of dosing or frequency of use when switching over
29:08 - Recommendations for shocking pools or for commercial pools
30:55 - How to store cal-hypo
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Key Quotes From Episode
Free available chlorine is hypochlorous acid. That is what is in the water available to kill.
The biggest difference that you’ll notice [when swimming in a pool without cal hypo] is the look to the water—the clarity. [...] So, when you look at a tri-chlor pool next to a cal hypo pool side-by-side, even though that tri-chlor pool looks good, as soon as you look at the cal hypo pool, you’re like, “Wow!” You get much more of that Caribbean water look.
