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First, hang the EBox on the reservoir and position the plant and reservoir where you want them and in a place where you can power the device with the USB cable.

![hang ebox](images/plant133-hang-ebox.jpg)

Then, for each plant to be watered:

1. Install the float in the reservoir insert.

![install float](images/install-float.jpg)
![install float](images/install-float.jpg)

Then wire the float to the ebox.

![wire float](images/plant133-wire-float.jpg)

2. Put a pump in the reservoir insert.

![install motor](images/install-motor.jpg)
![install motor](images/install-motor.jpg)

3. Connect a soil moisture sensor and pump to the EBox. The connectors should be in a vertical line under 1, 2, 3, or 4 on the EBox. The soil moisture sensor uses a 3-conductor wire with JST connectors.

![wire sensor and pump](images/plant133-wire-sensor-pump.jpg)

4. Run a tube from the pump, through the hole in the insert, and then to the soil in the pot.

![install motor-tube](images/install-motor-tube.jpg)
![install motor-tube](images/install-motor-tube.jpg)

5. Cut the tube to the right length, and either:
- Push the end through the hole in the moisture sensor cap to position it for watering the soil, or

![tube aimed at soil](images/tube-aimed-at-soil.jpg)
![tube aimed at soil](images/tube-aimed-at-soil.jpg)

- Insert the end of the tube into a soil spike and then insert the soil spike into the soil.

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15. Monitor the plant-watering and tweak settings so it works the way you want it to.
16. You get bonus points for setting up Grafana and creating a dashboard to show how well the watering is working.
17. You can even more bonus points for using Home Assistant to send you a phone alert you when the reservoir is out of water.




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