kevinlms

Cost me $A23.67 in early December.

Don't know about a 5 way, but if you want lots of point blades (or none), South Australia is a good starting point (sorry for the pun - not really!). https://nrm.org.au/assets/pdfdocs/collections/multi-gauge-muddle.pdf Gladstone Yard appears to be an interesting place.

I know someone who has a very large collection of locomotives and of course uses that as an excuse for no DCC and that he doesn't know how to wire it up. Fact is he spent a lot of money on DC controllers and loads of money on switches etc, on his new large layout. He didn't know how to wire that either, so he needed lots of help from others to wire it for him - no he did virtually no work on it himself, even though several tried to get him to assist, at the very minimum.

What is the voltage of the output of the CDU now?

It would entirely depend on the distance between the 2 point motors. If they were the two ends of a crossover, you'd be hard pressed to measure any difference. If they were at the ends of a passing loop, with the CDU at one end, then maybe there would be a problem. Since the OP has a small compact layout, I doubt whether any such issue would present itself. If he does have a problem, the solution is a thicker or duplicated wire to the furtherest.

Just as well I pay my £12 a year to not get those ads!

I have a number of VCR cassettes of railway items, now the last player I had died, but I inherited a combined VHS/DVD LG player, but remote is missing. With this particular machine, you can't even start something without it. All you can do is insert tapes and discs and eject them! I have a universal remote that claims to be combatable, but blowed if I can get it to work! My brother MIGHT have the remote.

Ok, a fair distance from me! More than adequate. They've gone up by a fair bit, since I last purchased such items. https://www.jaycar.com.au/24vac-1a-unregulated-power-supply-bareends/p/MP3032

Setting it to record something was pointless anyway, because the TV stations started/finished a few minutes out from the published times. Even if you allowed a bit of overlap, chances are that you would miss the start/finish of a show! Having watched a movie on TV and finding that your recording stopped short, 2 minutes before the end, meant that you had wasted the time. My wife used to go to see if she'd caught the end. My view was NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was MUCH worse, seeing the end of a movie, before you'd seen any of it!!

This site might help. https://www.binnsroad.co.uk/railways/romford/index.html

So where in Oz are you?

Ah yes, the number of people who couldn't record anything, if they weren't home to press the record button!

From the number of hits/fires, they should build a section that when something is coming towards it, opens out and starts the automatic sprinkler system!

I did some work for a number of years for a small legal firm and was told that they would always assist me if required. Never had to put that to the test and hope I never do!