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solar panels aren't suitable for every house so the first thing you should do is find out if your roof gets enough Sun throughout the day the easiest way to check your home for solar viability is by typing your address into Google's Project sunroof website the tool will let you know how many hours of Sun your house gets per year and how much money you could save by switching to solar Google sunroof is only available in some areas so if your house isn't in one of them you'll need to do the legwork yourself an easy way to get a good estimate is by finding your location on solar maps provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory if your home is in an area of the country that receives very little son you may not be able to go solar from that point you'll need to do some math to find out if going solar will save you money in San Francisco I'm Sharon Profis cnet.com for CBS News