What I Learned After 1 Year with New Solar Panels. Go to https://surfshark.com/undecided for 4 extra months of Surfshark at an unbeatable price! It’s been a full year since I installed these solar panels and a large home battery on my new house … and I’ve got some news. They say solar power can save you thousands on energy bills, but what actually happened. This past year was a bit of a rollercoaster ride from the challenges of getting them installed to seeing how well they handled powering my all-electric house through heat waves, freezing temperatures, and a couple of small power outages. Spoiler alert: solar isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Was my net zero house ready for all of it? Was I able to achieve net zero energy? And most important … was it worth it? Let’s just say, I learned some pretty surprising lessons that may be of use to you. Watch The Genius Of Hot Water Heat Pumps https://youtu.be/abGiNL9IT54?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7HT9O73K9oYUe19eS-wjxX Video script and citations: https://undecidedmf.com/what-i-learned-after-1-year-with-new-solar-panels/ Mentioned Videos: What I Learned in my Net Zero House (Part 1): https://youtu.be/bjjFcsTTNfU?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7HT9O73K9oYUe19eS-wjxX My New Net Zero Home Battery Surprised Me: https://youtu.be/Q7piAXkqvOM?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7FwYRnWkpCSkAeFOzrgh5h Are We Getting Scammed with Solar? https://youtu.be/BD7aCkLwR7U?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi4lc8GmSStRZwFm4u4erTTb Get my achieve energy security with solar guide: https://link.undecidedmf.com/solar-guide Check out EnergySage - look for heat pump and solar installers: http://bit.ly/undecidedsolar Corrections: 1:52 - kWh (not kW) Follow-up podcast: Video version - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4-aWB84Bupf5hxGqrwYqLA Audio version - http://bit.ly/stilltbdfm Join the Undecided Discord server: https://link.undecidedmf.com/discord 👋 Support Undecided on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/mattferrell ⚙️ Gear & Products I Like https://undecidedmf.com/shop/ Visit my Energysage Portal (US): Research solar panels and get quotes for free! https://link.undecidedmf.com/energysage And find heat pump installers near you (US): https://link.undecidedmf.com/energysage-heatpumps Or find community solar near you (US): https://link.undecidedmf.com/community-solar For a curated solar buying experience (Canada) EnergyPal's free personalized quotes: https://energypal.com/undecided Tesla Referral Code: Get 1,000 free supercharging miles or a discount on Tesla Solar & Powerwalls https://ts.la/matthew84515 👉 Follow Me Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@mattferrell X https://twitter.com/mattferrell https://twitter.com/undecidedMF Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@mattferrell Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mattferrell https://www.instagram.com/undecidedmf Facebook https://www.facebook.com/undecidedMF/ Website https://undecidedmf.com 📺 YouTube Tools I Recommend Audio file(s) provided by Epidemic Sound http://bit.ly/UndecidedEpidemic TubeBuddy https://www.tubebuddy.com/undecided VidIQ https://vidiq.com/undecided I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn't put them here if I didn't like them. Your purchase helps support the channel and the videos I produce. Thank you. Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - What We Installed 03:19 - The Reasoning 06:29 - House Performance & Costs 14:04 - Takeaways