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🚦 Meet the SA Stack Light Range!
The SA Stacking Signal Beacon allows tool-free, modular signalling. With both LED and SML configurations, sounder options, and a range of colours available, the SA Stacker offers a solution for production line indication and control panel applications. Features:•...
D G Controls Multi-Voltage Beacons
Did you know that D G Controls offer a large range of multi-function and multi-voltage beacons, sounders, and combined sounder beacons...! 🚨 Most LED beacons within our range are 8 mode multi-function, consisting of a static mode, standard pulse mode, slow pulse mode,...
🔊 Meet the IAS-C Sounder Range!
The IAS-C is a compact, high-output sounder designed to integrate seamlessly with our Series B and C beacons. With 64 tone options and IP66 resistance, the IAS-C is ideal for safety-critical applications in industrial environments.Features:• Powerful, IP66-rated...
Meet the Team! 🎉
We’d like to give you the chance to familiarise yourselves with the faces behind TEAMdeegee, soooo……check out our ‘Team’ page on our website to see what we’ve been up to!https://beaconlamps.com/company/teamHopefully you’ll have as much fun reading, as we did creating...
🚦 Meet the STC Stacking Beacon Range!
The STC is a compact, modular stacking signal beacon solution for space-limited industrial and automation environments. With a range of voltage and colour options, the STC provides clear, reliable communication in all environmentsFeatures:• High-performance signalling...
D G Controls Ltd IPN Range
D G Controls IPN Range gives clear, visual signalling in traffic management for vehicles and pedestrians alike. They are a high brightness, LED, IP65 rated unit which give an unmistakable instruction. Let’s have a look at the range! 🚨 IPN/001 This is a static, 3-way...
🚨Meet the XFL Xenon Strobe Beacon Range
The XFL is a high-performance xenon strobe warning beacon, delivering intense visual alerts in industrial settings. With both single or double-flash signalling patterns, 6 lens colours, and a range of voltage outputs, the XFL ensures maximum visibility where needed...
⚡ EMC Testing: Ensuring Product Compliance and Reliability
At D.G. Controls Ltd, we recognise the critical importance of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing in ensuring our products meet both legal and performance standards. But what is the significance of EMC testing? What is EMC testing? EMC testing assesses how and...
🚨 Meet the SBE Type A Aviation Obstruction Warning Beacon
The SBE Series builds on our Series E range, offering an ICAO compliant aviation obstruction warning beacon that adapts easily to your existing warning solutions. Features:• Designed to meet ICAO guidelines for marking fixed obstructions safely• IP65-rated housing...
About Us 👏
D G Controls was founded in 1967. We design, manufacture and distribute a wide range of audible and visual warning signals, all from our longstanding site in Swadlincote. Since 1967 we have been committed to designing and building reliable products, pushing boundaries...
deegee @ Elfack, Gothenburg 6th – 9th May 2025
Save the date! Our good friends at TOLEKA AB are exhibiting! You can visit the team at Elfack, Northern Europe’s No.1 Trade Fair on energy and electrification, to discuss your beacon and sounder needs 06-09 May 2025 at booths C00:15 & C00:16. They will be more...
Which is better, Xenon or LED? 🚨
Xenon strobe beacons and LED beacons are both a popular option for warning lights, however with technology advancing, LED beacons do seem to be becoming the go-to option. Here's a quick look into the key features between each unit. Which Should You Choose?...
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 A pulsing light...
Choosing Audible Warning Signals 🔊
Audible warning signals deliver loud sounds that grab immediate attention to critical matters. 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 you require, there is...
Behind the scenes – Product Design & Development 🚨
At D. G. Controls, our Product Development and Design department is where ideas become market-leading solutions. Every new beacon and sounder begins its journey here, with careful design, prototyping, and rigorous testing to ensure longevity, performance, and...
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! 🚨
The D. G. Controls SBB LED Obstacle Warning Beacon is an ICAO Annex 14 Chapter 6 compliant low intensity Type-B, fixed obstacle light. Available with Infra-Red, our SBB is also compliant with the IR requirements for low intensity obstruction lights outlined by the...
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. With 48 high-performance LEDs in addition to a custom mirror, the RMLED beacon offers an ideal signalling solution for industrial and...
Are you after a Traffic Light? 🚦
Our Indicator Traffic Light 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...
🚨 What to consider when installing a beacon
Installing a beacon requires careful planning to ensure it performs reliably, safely, and effectively. Firstly, installation should always be carried out by qualified personnel. Beyond this, several additional factors should be considered, including application,...
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 benefits of a Combined Sounder Beacon?
In environments with high background noise, audible alarms may go unnoticed. Similarly, visual alarms can be difficult to see in bright sunlight or if they are out of the line of sight. A combined sounder beacon solves these challenges by providing both visual and...
EDA Data Quality Awards
We did it again! 🏆 We are pleased to announce D. G. Controls have won the EDA Data Quality Award for 1000-2000 SKUs Our MD attended the Electrical Distributors Association (EDA) Digitalisation Forum & Awards, which took place on Thursday 5th December, and for the...
🚦 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 supplied 300 Xenon Strobe Duplex units to Sweden for use as an evacuation alarm during tunnel construction! This latest shipment of 150 pieces is part of an on-going project requiring 300 pieces in total. The end customer had a strict timetable to comply...
Installation Accessories
There are a wide variety of installation accessories available with most sounders and beacons that help to aid greater visibility, provide protection from nearby elements and make general maintenance of the unit easier as it is more accessible. D.G. Controls Ltd range...
LED Beacons with Xenon Strobe style flash at an industry beating brightness level!
With xenon flash tubes slowly being 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...