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Hand Built & Hand Packed
🚨 Here at D G Controls Limited , every single product is hand built, individually tested and hand packed at our site in Swadlincote! 🚨 No big, industrial machinery in sight to do the job, giving you total confidence and faith that every product that leaves our site is...
Meet the Team!
Meet the Team! Stacey is our first point of call in the Sales Team. She has 16 years of beacon knowledge, so you can be assured that your enquiry is processed with a technical mind! 🚨 Stacey is efficient in all she does, and is a highly valued member of the team. Out...
The Different Types of Light Modes 🚨
Beacon lights have different operational modes of light, understanding these different modes will help you to select the best beacon for your application to aid increased awareness and help people to know how to react to the given situation.⚡ Pulsing Mode.A pulsing...
Choosing Audible Warning Signals 🔊
Audible warning signals are a great device where a loud sound is required to gain attention to the matter at hand. When choosing a signal, there are some considerations you need to take into account. Firstly, you need to consider what type of audible warning signal...
Behind the scenes – Product Design & Development 🚨
This is where the magic happens! Our Development Engineer covers all aspects of product development, which includes designing and prototyping new products, and thorough testing to ensure a long lifespan. Following the initial testing, all products are run through our...
Meet the Team!
Hilary is our longest serving member of the Production Team, making it to almost 14 years so far! She is highly skilled in all aspects of manufacturing, and is an asset to the team. When she’s not building beacons, she likes to spend time with her 4 grand children,...
Showcasing our SBB – ICAO, LED Obstacle Warning Beacon! 🚨
This fantastic unit complies with ICAO Annex 14 Chapter 6 regulations for low intensity Type-B, fixed obstacle lights. Available with Infra-Red, these units are also compliant with the IR requirements for low intensity obstruction lights outlined by the Finnish...
January Reflections: D G Controls’ Strong Start to 2025
As the first month of 2025 comes to a close, it’s remarkable to reflect on how quickly January has passed—despite its reputation as the longest, most drawn-out month of the year. For many, January feels like it stretches on indefinitely, weighed down by post-holiday...
deegee RMLED Rotating Beacon: Ahead of its time!
The deegee RMLED beacons are designed to replace the traditional incandescent tungsten/tungsten-halogen rotating mirror beacons. Featuring 48 high-performance LEDs as well as a custom mirror, they offer ideal signalling solutions for industrial and commercial...
Are you after a Traffic Light..?
Our Indicator Panels are IP65 rated and enclosed in a UV-stabilised polycarbonate housing for protection from the elements. The long life LEDs ensure low maintenance, making the IPN/002 & IPN/018 the perfect solution for Loading Bays, Shutter Doors and Retail...
Hand Built & Hand Packed
🚨 Here at D G Controls Limited , every single product is hand built, individually tested and hand packed at our site in Swadlincote! 🚨 No big, industrial machinery in sight to do the job, giving you total confidence and faith that every product that leaves our site is...
Meet the Team!
Meet the Team! Stacey is our first point of call in the Sales Team. She has 16 years of beacon knowledge, so you can be assured that your enquiry is processed with a technical mind! 🚨 Stacey is efficient in all she does, and is a highly valued member of the team. Out...
The Different Types of Light Modes 🚨
Beacon lights have different operational modes of light, understanding these different modes will help you to select the best beacon for your application to aid increased awareness and help people to know how to react to the given situation.⚡ Pulsing Mode.A pulsing...
Choosing Audible Warning Signals 🔊
Audible warning signals are a great device where a loud sound is required to gain attention to the matter at hand. When choosing a signal, there are some considerations you need to take into account. Firstly, you need to consider what type of audible warning signal...
Behind the scenes – Product Design & Development 🚨
This is where the magic happens! Our Development Engineer covers all aspects of product development, which includes designing and prototyping new products, and thorough testing to ensure a long lifespan. Following the initial testing, all products are run through our...
Meet the Team!
Hilary is our longest serving member of the Production Team, making it to almost 14 years so far! She is highly skilled in all aspects of manufacturing, and is an asset to the team. When she’s not building beacons, she likes to spend time with her 4 grand children,...
Showcasing our SBB – ICAO, LED Obstacle Warning Beacon! 🚨
This fantastic unit complies with ICAO Annex 14 Chapter 6 regulations for low intensity Type-B, fixed obstacle lights. Available with Infra-Red, these units are also compliant with the IR requirements for low intensity obstruction lights outlined by the Finnish...
January Reflections: D G Controls’ Strong Start to 2025
As the first month of 2025 comes to a close, it’s remarkable to reflect on how quickly January has passed—despite its reputation as the longest, most drawn-out month of the year. For many, January feels like it stretches on indefinitely, weighed down by post-holiday...
deegee RMLED Rotating Beacon: Ahead of its time!
The deegee RMLED beacons are designed to replace the traditional incandescent tungsten/tungsten-halogen rotating mirror beacons. Featuring 48 high-performance LEDs as well as a custom mirror, they offer ideal signalling solutions for industrial and commercial...
Are you after a Traffic Light..?
Our Indicator Panels are IP65 rated and enclosed in a UV-stabilised polycarbonate housing for protection from the elements. The long life LEDs ensure low maintenance, making the IPN/002 & IPN/018 the perfect solution for Loading Bays, Shutter Doors and Retail...
🚨 What to consider when installing a beacon….
When installing a beacon there are many considerations to think about, the most important of course being that the work is carried out by qualified personnel. Further points to consider include application, orientation, mounting, voltage drop and maintenance which are...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas….. 🎄
We are beginning to feel very festive, and looking forward to spending time with our loved ones over the Christmas period! 🎅 As always, a huge thankyou to our valued customers who allow us to do what we love doing, and to all those who have supported us throughout...
⚡ Do you know the advantages of Combined Sounder Beacons..?
It can often be difficult to hear an audible alarm if there is a lot of background noise. Similarly, it can be difficult to see a visual alarm in bright sunlight or if it is out of your line of sight. A combined sounder beacon addresses these problems by giving both a...
Quality E-Data Award
We did it again! 🏆 Our MD attended the Electrical Distributors Association (EDA) Digitalisation Forum & Awards, which took place on Thursday 5th December, and for the 2nd year running, we were recognised for the overall quality of our data which has been uploaded!...
🚦 The influence of Traffic Lights 🚦
Traffic lights are part of our everyday life, you can't miss them. Road users and pedestrians alike see and obey a traffic light even though there is no physical barrier to them, everyone is taught the meaning of the colours alone and see and behave accordingly to...
🚨 D G Controls Ltd supplies 300 robust Xenon Strobe Duplex units to Sweden!🚨
D G Controls Ltd supplies robust Xenon Strobe Duplex units to Sweden, as an Evacuation Alarm to be used during the construction of tunnels!...
Installation Accessories
There are a wide variety of installation accessories available with most sounders and beacons that help to aide greater visibility, provide protection from nearby elements and makes general maintenance of the unit easier as it is more accessible. ⚡ Wall Mounted...
LED Beacons with Xenon Strobe style flash at an industry beating brightness level!
With xenon flash tubes being slowly phased out, the STROBE beacon is evolving… We are now able to publicly announce that our team have been secretly working behind the scenes to develop this entirely new range of LED beacons featuring a xenon strobe style flash. Not...
Machinebouw Exhibition, 3rd December 2024
Take the next step in the ever-changing world of mechanical engineering, where innovation and technology meet, at The Machinebouw Event on December 3rd 2024, The Netherlands. This is the meeting place for professionals involved in the design, development and use of...
Our PSE LED Beacon Range
Still proving to be an extremely popular range, our PSE LED Beacon offers several different functions within one housing, and is suited to a variety of different applications! Our Pulsed LED Beacon Lamps utilise latest technology LED's to provide a generally low...