Quote Originally Posted by b1arrk5 View Post
Graham,
It looks good, but here in the States analog TV is going to go away early next year, although a lot of analog sets will still be working using converters for some years to come I imagine.

I'm curious to know how you are reading the kilowatt hours, it looks like a neat project.

Thanks,

Jerry.
As I understand it, just as is happening most places, old analog transmissions over the air are being phased out, but TVs will still accept PAL/NTSC signals otherwise nobody could view a DVD for a start.

Do US TV sets generally have RGB inputs or just a composite video? Most European TVs will display NTSC signals as well as PAL, I think that NTSC sets will probably display PAL if the signal is fed in at an RGB/sync level. I need to check on this!

Reading the KW/h - it's projected from reading a PV solar cell and multiplied up depending on the size and type of solar panel being considered. Wind power is worked out by counting pulses from an anemometer.