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Originally Posted by Fuzz
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From a tech who installs them, I'm not an expert just going off of what he told me. He said different climates have different benefits and that during our winters we don't get enough sunlight during the peak hours a home will use the solar panels for electricity. But the water in your hour water tank can be kept heated all day by solar power instead of the gas or electricity continually being used to reheat it during the day. Seemed to make sense, although I have no idea what the actual savings would be on either.