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Essential Loading Bay Lights
Loading bay lights have become an essential safety tool on loading docks far and wide making it a safer place for people and vehicles to load and unload their trailer. Here we shall take a closer look at the three most common types of loading bay lights in further...
Electronic Sounders
Electronic sounders are commonly used in large buildings and businesses as an indicator; the sounder makes a loud noise when it’s triggered, either automatically or manually. These powerful devices are perfect for grabbing people’s attention during an emergency...
Interesting Facts About LEDs
LED’s are becoming a more and more popular form of bulb thanks to their energy efficiency. They also tend to last longer compared to their counterparts as they integrate a heat sink which absorbs the heat rather than them overheating or burning out. There are many...
LED Status Signals
A status signal is a type of beacon which tends to have 2 or more colours to signify the varying status of a machine, process or situation. Typical colours for a status signal are Red/Green and Red/Amber/Green but this is by no means fixed as LED’s are now readily...
How Xenon Strobes Work
Xenon strobes work by discharging the energy stored in a capacitor through a special flash tube filled with xenon gas at a low pressure to produce a very short burst of high intensity white light. It produces it flash in 5 steps: The energy storage capacitor connected...
Sounders & Sirens
Sounders and sirens are used to attract attention particularly when an immediate response is required. To alert a person, it is recommended that a sounder or siren reaches between 5 and 15 dB(A) louder than the background noise of the given area. There are several...
Electronic Sounders
Electronic sounders are a very commonly used audible signal as they can be multi-tone, have no moving parts and have no duty cycle making things much easier for the installer. These units are widely used as one unit can hold a variety of different tones making it...
Motor Driven Sirens
Motor driven sirens are a typical style of an audible signal. They work by the motor driving a bladed impeller, pulling in air and pushing it back out through vents to produce a whirring sound - similar to an air raid siren. These units are commonly used in remote...
Beacon Light Sources
We are constantly updating the technology used in our beacons to make them more energy efficient. With that in mind, we have nearly completed the process of replacing all our filament lamp beacons with LED beacons. There is a global unavailability of filament bulbs as...
Coding Principles of Beacons & Indicators
A visual signal must be designed in such a way that anyone who sees it can recognise it and is able to react immediately to it. Colours should also contrast with other colours – and even shapes in the same area to make them distinguishable, again, so that they can be...
The Evolution of Traffic Lights
Evolution is defined as the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form. Evolution is not only available and limited to living organisms but to non-living things as well. In fact all the technologies, gadgets, and all electronic...
Traffic Light Systems
In our world today, systems play a very vital role in our lives, in the society we live in and in almost everything we do. Systems are defined as a set of detailed methods, procedures and routines created to carry out a specific activity, perform a duty, or solve a...
Loading Bay Lighting
Have you ever been inside a storage warehouse? If you have, then you must have seen tons of storage goods, warehouse vehicles, and busy employees checking, packing, loading and unloading goods. Almost all manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport...
Product of the Month – IPN/002 Series
Loading bays can be a very busy place. Vehicles carrying various kinds of goods are going to and fro throughout most of the day from one place to another. In this case, traffic is definitely unavoidable much of the time. And in order to minimise traffic and organise...
Product of the Month – STOP/GO Traffic Light
Get ready for MAYs Product of the Month…..IPN/002 Red/Green Traffic Light Compact LED Stop / Go Traffic Light with high-quality wide-angle LEDs for attention grabbing signalling, and adjustable brightness. Ideal for Loading Bay Signalling, Shutter Door Status, On-Site...
Obstruction Lights for Cranes
In science, you can’t create something in an instant. There is a specific process or a fixed sequence of steps in order to build or create something. This also applies in our world today especially in the field of construction. Tall structures like large buildings and...
FAA Lighting and Marking Guidelines for Structures
Working with something without proper guidelines can be a bit troublesome. Imagine how hard it is to start from scratch without any idea on what you’re going to do. In this case, guidelines are very essential. Guidelines are statements issued by an individual or an...
TechTHURSDAY – Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) is the ability of an electronic device to function without interfering with or interference from another electronic device. The EMC Directive 2014/30/EU requires that electronic devices emit no conducted or radiated...
Aviation Warning Lighting
Have you ever travelled to the famous city of Paris and visited the Eiffel tower? Have you wandered the city at night and noticed the Eiffel tower sparkle brightly, along with other tall structures with bright lights lit up? If you have, you may think that these...
Emergency Vehicle Lighting
There is a saying that light is life. In fact that is actually true in many ways and those two are interconnected with each other. In science, light coming from the sun is the source of all life here on earth. Without sunlight, plants and trees wouldn’t grow and life...
Advantages of the Xenon Flashtube & How it Works
People tend to get excited over new things. We often get completely stimulated when finding a brand new experience to have or sight to see. According to research, we all like novelty in one way or another. And in fact, our brains are made to be attracted to novelty....
The History of Xenon Flashtubes
What we consider today as common things were once a major technological advancement. There were times that a simple adding or modification of a certain component led to significant changes and innovations, which served as a foundation for more technological...
LED Technology Overview for 2016
So, it’s 2017, and already February – the month that gives us the perfect excuse to celebrate with our loved ones, and reflect on our precious memories together. As we reminisce, let’s also take a look back for the biggest trends and developments made in lighting...
The Advantages of LED over Xenon Strobe
From alarm systems and emergency vehicle lights to a variety of warning signal devices, lighting technology has dramatically improved over the past decades. Due to technological advances, technology has found ways to better satisfy economic and industrial preferences....
Merry Christmas from deegee!
So, it’s almost that time of year again where it’s deemed acceptable for us Eat, Drink, and Relax - just as much as we like! 2016 has seen new opportunities for deegee, the growing of business across the globe, and the strengthening of valuable partnerships. Each...
deegee @ Energia 2016 – Tampere, Finland.
WHERE THE ENERGY PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS MEET The Energy Production and Technology Fair hosted at Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre, Tampere, will be held for the 14th time this October, during 25th - 27th October 2016. This versatile seminar and...
deegee @ SKYDD 2016, Stockholm, Sweden
SKYDD 2016 SKYDD is Northern Europes most important meeting place for the Security, Safety, Fire and Rescue industry. Introducing creativity and innovation, SKYDD is the largest Security and Safety industry event in Scandinavia. With a large number of visitors...
PSC/STL LED ‘Strobe’ Beacon
Whilst giving a similar visual effect as a xenon strobe, with its crisp, bright flashes, the actual light source for our PSC/STL is surprisingly, LED! Moving forward with technology, we found that we could achieve an effect, very similar to xenon strobe, using LEDs....
deegee @ Alihankinta 2016 – Tampere, Finland
The Subcontracting Trade Fair hosted at Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre, Finland, will be held in September 2016, and this is it’s 26th year! The Trade Fair presents the key areas of industrial subcontracting, namely the Metals, Electronics, Plastics and Rubber...
deegee Summer Prize Draw!
Our Summer Prize Draw has come to a close, and we are pleased to confirm that we have a WINNER... A huge Congratulations to Andrew @ Anglia Electrical Wholesale Ltd, who is the winner of this Samsung Galaxy Tablet - many thanks for sending in the photo! Thank you to...