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Adding Gallonage to a Body of Water

Add gallons manually or use the built-in gallons calculator in the mobile app

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Updated over 2 weeks ago

Tracking pool gallonage accurately is very important when utilizing automatic chemical dosing in the Pool Brain app. The gallons value only needs to be entered once and then it will always be saved for accurate reference and dosing recommendations on every route stop.

This guide explains how technicians and office staff can calculate, enter, or edit pool gallon sizes for any body of water.


How To Calculate, Enter, And Edit Gallonage

FROM WEB DASHBOARD:

If the gallonage has not yet been entered for a body of water and the gallonage amount is already known, office staff can enter it from the web dashboard.

  • Go to the page for the PROPERTY that has the body of water needing a gallons amount entered

  • Click the body of water tab you need to add gallons for
    (there is no need to click if there is only one body of water tab)

  • Enter the gallons amount in the "Gallons" field in the top right corner

Note: Gallonage can be entered for each indivudal Body of Water on each individual property

  • To edit the gallons amount for a body of water, click inside the "Gallons" field and enter any other amount

  • To remove the gallons amount for a body of water, click inside the "Gallons" field and delete the data so the field is blank

FROM MOBILE APP:

If the pool gallonage has not yet been recorded for a body of water, the technician can use the built in gallons calculator while completing a route stop or job to calculate and save the gallons amount. This only needs to be done once and then it's saved forever.


While completing a route stop in the mobile app:

  • From the "Work In Progress" screen, tap "Chemicals" option at the top of the work list

  • Tap the "Calculate Gallons to Auto-Dose" button in the top left corner

  • Enter the Depth (in feet) for the deep end and shallow end

  • Choose the Body of Water Shape and enter the dimensions as prompted (in feet)

    • Round - Enter the Radius

    • Rectangle - Enter the Width and Length

    • Oblong - Enter the Large Diameter, Small Diameter, and Length

    • Triangular - Enter the Height and Base

  • Tap "CALCULATE" button to see the calculated gallons amount

  • Tap "SAVE" button at the bottom of the screen to save the gallons amount to that body of water permanently

  • While completing a one-time job in the mobile app:

    • From the "Work In Progress" screen, tap the "Gallons" calculator icon in the top right of the work list

    • Enter the Depth (in feet) for the deep end and shallow end

    • Choose the Body of Water Shape and enter the dimensions (in feet)

      • Round - Enter the Radius

      • Rectangle - Enter the Width and Length

      • Oblong - Enter the Large Diameter, Small Diameter, and Length

      • Triangular - Enter the Height and Base

    • Tap "CALCULATE" button to see the calculated gallons amount

    • Tap "SAVE" button at the bottom of the screen to save the gallons amount to that body of water permanently

If the gallonage has already been saved for a body of water, it cannot be edited within the mobile app as gallon size for body of water never changes. If a mistake has been made and you need to edit the gallons amount, office staff can do this in the web dashboard.

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