How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds…

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How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

Here’s an interesting method of pest control designed to keep slugs & snails out of a garden bed. One guy made a mini electric fence out of garden wire and a 9 volt battery. (Apparently anything above 9v can kill them. So kept it low so they can just learn that there are no more free lunches and still live to pass on the tale). Here’s how he did it…

Step 1, Remove Snails / Slugs…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

The bed in question…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

Make a small loop and staple it in place. (This is Galvanized Coated Garden Wire, 1.6 mm)…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

Run the cable all the way around the bed…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

Bring the end back through the loop…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

Secure in place with more staples…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

Do the same for the second cable, but this time make sure the second cable does not touch the first…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

Find a watertight container and drill 2 small holes…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

You can just tape the ends to a 9volt battery now (this is how I ran the first one I made for 2 days with no problem)…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

But now I’ve had a bit of time (and its stop raining) I decided to solder a 9v connector to the ends…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

I then also stuck the 9volt to the lid, just in case water did get in the box, the battery will not sit in any rain water…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

Quick LED test to make sure its all running fine…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

All done…

How To Make A 9 Volt Electric Fence To Keep Snails & Slug’s Out Of Your Garden Beds...

Here’s how the snails react…

If you like this idea, be sure to share it with your friends and inspire someone you know. Anything becomes possible with just a little inspiration…


Self Sufficient Backyard

In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...

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