# Home made rain sensor idea

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/home-made-rain-sensor-idea/29117>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/home-made-rain-sensor-idea/29117 "2020-04-29T19:06:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 8:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/home-made-rain-sensor-idea/29117/31 "2021-08-28T08:10:57Z")

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I’ve used this sensor before for a flood detection circuit. In my experience, they don’t have a long lifespan. There’s a small voltage between the detection traces which resulted in heavy corroding. In less than a year the traces where broken.

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