Sunlight, UV, clouds, and chlorine destruction
Eric dives deep into solar radiation, focusing on ultraviolet light and how it destroys chlorine, even on cloudy, rainy days. He nerds out with fancy new words like fluence and photolysis.
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Show Notes
00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Using chlorine vs. Losing chlorine
06:42 - UV degradation (photolysis) of chlorine
08:11 - Electromagnetic radiation and light from the Sun
11:10 - Low and medium pressure UV disinfection systems
14:32 - Fluence (focused intensity)
17:54 - How sunlight destroys chlorine
19:49 - Minimal CYA is necessary
23:59 - Summary
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