Rain Alarm/Detector Project | Rain Alarm Project Explanation | Rain Alarm Using 555 timer IC



Rain Alarm :

Rain Alarm Project is a simple but very useful project that detects Rain (Rain Water) and automatically triggers an alarm or buzzer.

As we know that water is a basic need in everyone’s life. Saving water and proper usage of water is very important. Here is an easy project which will give the alarm when there is rain, so that we can make some actions for rainwater harvesting and save the rainwater for later use

With the help of saving this rainwater through rainwater harvesting, we can increase underground water levels by using the underwater recharge technique.

Operation :

Rainwater detector will detect rain and make an alert; rainwater detector is used in the irrigation field, home automation, communication, automobiles, etc. Here is a simple and reliable circuit of rainwater detectors that can be constructed at a low cost.
 

Components Required :

  1. Breadboard
  2. 555 TIMER IC
  3. Transistor ( BC 547 )
  4. Resistors ( 470,1K,4.7K,100K )
  5. Capacitor (10 Microfarad )
  6. Buzzer
  7. LED Light
  8. Rain Sensor
  9. Battery 9V
  10. Some Jumper Cables ( mini )

Circuit Diagram :

Rain Alarm Project Circuit Diagram

Circuit Diagram of Rain Alarm Project

Construction of the Circuit :

Steps of Construction :

  • First of all take the breadboard
  • Place 555 timer IC on a breadboard
  • This is the circuit diagram of the 555 timer IC  
  • Circuit Diagram of 555 IC

  • Now connect pin 8 to the positive end and pin 1 to the negative end
  • Connect Pin 2 to pin number 6
  • Place 1K resistor between pin 7 and pin 8
  • a Now put a 10K resistor between pin 6 and pin 7
  • Now connect pin 4 to the negative side of the circuit using a 4.7K resistor
  • Connect 10 microfarad resistors to pin 2 and the negative side of the circuit
  • Now its time to connect BC 547 transistor place the transistor on a breadboard
  • Connect the collector of the Transistor to the positive side of the circuit using a 470 resistor
  • Now connect a 100K resistor to the base of the transistor to any of the free holes on the breadboard
  • Connect the emitter of the transistor to pin 4 of the 555 timer IC
  • Now connect the buzzer to pin 3 of the timer IC to the negative side of the circuit
  • Now connect the LED light in parallel with the buzzer
  • Now connect one pin of the rain sensor to the free end of the 100K resistor and the other to the positive side
  • This is the circuit diagram of this project

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Applications :

  • In irrigation, it will detect the rain and immediately alert the farmer.
  • In automobiles, when the rain detector detects it will immediately activate and inform the driver.
  • In communications, it will boost the power of the antenna and increase the signal strength to send or receive the signals.
  • In a normal household, with the help of rainwater detectors we can automatically save rainwater this can be done only when home automation is done and there is proper equipment to save the rainwater. In this, rain water detector will detect rain and helps to switch ON the equipment which will automatically save rainwater for different purposes).
  • This can also be used if there is chemical rain also. This is very common in industrial areas.