#207 Why most Arduino Soil Moisture Sensors suck (incl. solution)

Unfortunately, most soil moisture sensors used in our Arduino, ESP8266, or ESP32 projects destroy themselves after a short while. We need a better solution. Today we will test different sensors, and I will show you, how they work and why most sensors from China destroy themselves. And of course, we will find a solution to the problem. Links: Good (capacitive) moisture sensors: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/btMv8UQy http://bit.ly/2t4xd1Q (Mostly) bad moisture sensors: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/vsZUpze Supporting Material and Blog Page: http://www.sensorsiot.org Github: https://www.github.com/sensorsiot My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/AndreasSpiess My Bitcoin address: 19FSmqbBzb5zsYB1d8Bq4KbxVmezToDNTV If you want to support the channel, please use the links below to start your shopping. No additional charges for you, but I get a commission (of your purchases the next 24 hours) to buy new stuff for the channel For Banggood https://bit.ly/2jAQEf4 For AliExpress: http://bit.ly/2B0yTLL For Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/2EGiJcK For Amazon.de: http://amzn.to/2r0ZCYI For Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/2mxBaJf For ebay.com: http://ebay.to/2DuYXBp https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013947273409 https://twitter.com/spiessa https://www.instructables.com/member/Andreas%20Spiess/ Please do not try to Email me or invite me on LinkedIn. These communication channels are reserved for my primary job Equipment in my lab: http://www.sensorsiot.org/my-lab/