Electronic Pest Control: How It Work

If you have heard of electronic pest control devices, you may be wondering how they work. Is it possible that something we can't even hear can drive away and keep away rats, spiders, mice and roaches? Research shows that electronic pest control devices using ultrasonic technology are safe, easy to use and highly effective.

In fact, electronic pest control devices can work on many kinds of rodents and insects, ridding your house of pests with no poisons, and no traps. The critters hate the sound, which has been likened to having a wailing fire engine in the living room, twenty-four hours a day. They become disoriented and upset, and they quickly find someplace else to live. For humans, cats and dogs, the sound is irrelevant (although gerbils, hamsters and other rodent-like pets cannot tolerate the noise and shouldn't be subjected to it).

Ultrasonic sound, out of human hearing range at 20,000 Hertz, is all-too audible to insects and rodents. When the sound is set to pulse at varying frequencies in the ultrasonic range, animals cannot adjust to it: it's a constant irritant, an ever-changing distress to household pests.

Electronic pest control is simple, non-toxic and lasting. Devices plug into the walls: because the sound is stopped at walls and cannot navigate corners, you will want to carefully choose the outlet with the fewest obstructions. Place the device where furniture or appliances do not block the signal, and buy one device for each room in your house.


by Lori Covington