"It’s the best investment I ever made." Homeowner gives honest review of energy savings with solar panels one year after ...

Hot tub covers, which are quite heavy ... If you have batteries for your solar panels or if your electric company participates in net metering, you’ll be able to power your tub all year.

Kalmer installed his original 20 ground-mounted solar panels by hand ... air compressors, a hot tub — lots of stuff." Meanwhile, the original 20-panel array continues to generate energy that's ...

Similar to how humans tend to have a more difficult time doing physical activity when it's really hot, solar panels aren't able to output as much energy, to the tune of an energy loss of 1% ...