CurrentCost digital development boards

I have been asked what are they good for by a few people heres some suggestions of how to get started.

To start playing go to maplins and purchase YR60Q (2xaa battery holder) ne19v (pp3 battery clip) and a couple of aa batteries.

Connect to board + and -.

Pair with cc to an unused channel.

When you short the input terminals  it displays 500W on the currentcost meter. Great for testing!

Uses

Being able to tell when intruder alarm is set/unset (connection via relay)

On a solar meter there is a red light you can use a light dependant resistor and potentiometer and "detect" when light is solid no solar generation!! This is my next "project" (and I will document)

Reverse on main meter to detect if solar is enougth to feed house and grid-in other words get wife to do more washing :)

Imagination is the key.

What I want to be able to do is instead of the cc diplaying 500w (or rather my joggler displaying 500W) would be nice if it changed colour from green to red or similar for my grid sensor, so I can tell if I am drawing or giving to grid.

Dean

P.s there is stuff on internet about connecting a pot and seeing varying levels (its even videoed) I have never got this to work and suspect it was an earlier revision board.