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🚧 D G Controls Ltd Traffic Barrier Beacon
Our Traffic Barrier Beacon utilises the latest LED technology to provide a low power, long life, visual warning signal. Designed to be mounted onto a barrier, this beacon is multi-function. Offering a pulsed and static mode with an additional control input available...
“If we can help you, we will!” 💯
We were recently contacted by a customer whose first choice of beacon from a competitor wasn’t available for the foreseeable. The client needed the beacons on-site for install on Friday. Our alternative was slightly more expensive - but as this shows, it’s...
🚨 The Importance of Industrial Warning Lights 🚨
Industrial warning lights play a crucial role in ensuring safety and efficiency in various workplaces. These lights, often seen in factories, construction sites, and warehouses, are designed to alert workers to potential hazards, equipment malfunctions, or operational...
🚨 Type-A / Type-B ICAO Beacons
🚨 Aircraft warning lights are needed specifically on fixed obstacles of 45m or less in height, width & length, and placed at the highest practical point. Obstacles of a greater size require additional red lights in order to outline the extent of the obstruction....
🔊Have you seen our range of Combined Sounder Beacons…?🚨
🔊 It can often be difficult to hear an audible alarm, particularly if there is a lot of background noise. A combined sounder beacon addresses this problem by providing both an audible and visual warning at the same point. A combined sounder beacon is a device that...
🚨 Rotating Mirror Beacons 🚨
Rotating Mirror Beacons are ideal for many applications as they are bright and draw instant attention from the movement they make. A brilliant alternative to a static or standard flashing signal, these beacons are ideal to use in vehicle, fire and industrial...
🚨 A little about Beacon Applications
Beacon lights and sounders are used where a visual or audible warning signal is needed to alert, instruct or to inform people. They are used in many different industries/sectors and on many different applications. Here we look at typical application usage in the most...
Multi-Function Beacons
Did you know, D.G. Controls Pulsed LED Beacons are all multi-function...? Most of the products within our Pulsed LED range are 8 mode multi-function featuring Static, Standard Pulse, Slow Pulse, Fast Pulse, Triple Flash, Random Flash, Strobe and Revolving (Simulated...
🚦 Have you seen our STC/Autosignal?
The STC/AutoSignal in action The STC/Autosignal is a fantastic multi-signalling tower, offering individual Red, Amber, Green, Blue and Clear segments. Instead of leaving empty spaces for inactive signals, light output automatically adjusts, filling the tower with the...
About TEAMdeegee
At D.G. Controls Ltd, we are proud to offer Free Next Day Despatch on 1000’s of products, ensuring that our customers receive the products they need with speed and efficiency, where possible. But what truly sets us apart is our incredible team behind the scenes that...
🚨 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...
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 Exhibition on December 3rd 2024, The Netherlands. This is the meeting place for professionals involved in the design, development and use...
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...
A little about Static LED Beacons 🚨
A static warning signal is a continuously lit beacon designed to provide a constant visual alert. These signals play a vital role across a wide range of industries and applications. In factory automations, a static green light can indicate that machinery is running...
🚦 We offer a range of LED Status Signals, for a simple signalling solution!
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. Status signals typically use Red/Green or Red/Amber/Green, but LEDs now allow a wide range of colours, from infrared to...
A Quality Service
Whatever your query, whether it be Beacons or Sounders, pricing or technical, you can be assured that at D.G. Controls Ltd you will receive nothing other than a quality service.We are a small team, everyone has a name, and everyone knows their stuff. So don’t worry...
🚨 Rotating Beacons
Rotating Beacons are ideal for various applications and are a great alternative to flashing or static warning signals. Applications include vehicles, such as trucks and forklifts, fire and security systems, and area’s where an audible warning might be difficult to...
100% Participation
Imagine for a moment you are a cog or gear, and that your immediate surroundings are a gearbox made up of many gears, or even simpler, think of a kid’s bike with two sprockets (you and one other) and its connecting chain. That is all to say that we do not operate in...
🚦 The U Series Beacon 🚦
Easily configure the U Series beacon by joining units from the T, U, V, and W ranges to build a custom signalling system.• IP65 rated• Low current consumption• 24-36vDC and 115-230vUC available• Pulsed or static options, selectable via the internal jumper• Side and...
💥 Electronic sounders…
These are powerful devices that are perfect for grabbing attention during an emergency situation, from evacuations to fire alarms, they instantly provide warning. They are very versatile units for smaller applications and situations. In large buildings, they signal...
☎️ Do You Need a Telephone Beacon for Your Workplace?
Our range of Telephone Ring Initiated Flashing Beacons are designed for Industrial and Community Welfare applications where a visual indication of a ringing telephone is required. Ideal for applications such as 'Emergency Evacuation' alarm, 'Colour-Coded Personal...
Scanautomatic in Gothenburg 8 – 10 October
Toleka's Jonas Rasmussen and Mikael Pers will be on site to show the future solutions in warning lights and sirens for Industry 4.0 and much more of our product range.Venue: Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre, GothenburgStand: B02:41See you there!
Xenon Strobe Beacons
Xenon strobe beacons are a very popular choice of beacon as they produce a very sharp flash of light. They work by discharging the energy stored in a capacitor though a special flash tube filled with xenon gas to produce a very short burst of high intensity light....