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Breaking news. . .The issue was that I had wired the CDU incorrectly as to the polarity. The particular CDU I have does not show + and - only In/Out so a 50% chance made it fail. Correcting the polarity made it work !

Thanks to all who replied. All advice is appreciated !

Aah yes. Is it black in colour (the R044)

Good afternoon Members. Have an OO gauge layout under DCC conditions with a Hornby Select controller. I have 12 Hornby points connected to R8243 point motors controlled via R8247 Accessory decoders which work perfectly. I also have a couple of (Hornby) high speed points and have added these to the layout, but didn't want to go to the expense of more of the same point motors and decoders so obtained 2 Peco PL-10e point motors along with PL-26 passing contact switches, and a Gaugemaster CDU. In my box of spare parts I found a Hornby R044 passing contact switch (Yellow) and connected it up, but in the process of wiring the new points managed to burn out 1 motor already as I forgot it wasn't connected via the CDU. Trying to wire them up via the differing manufacturers diagrams (and via the CDU) are proving slightly tricky, therefore I'm asking for some assistance. The diagrams from Peco and GM are attached. Do they make sense to members, because at the moment my only spare point is not working.

This is a brilliant layout (and it's also my first post !!) This is the sort of inspiration I need to change my layout from somthing which is flat, plain, bland and any other words to describe something in one dimension. My board is 8' x 4' and was made for me in a folding design. There is an edging piece all the way round to stop things flying off measuring 1cm wide x 4cm high (totalling 8cms when folded together) - Would this layout/design allow for ANY kind of shallow gradient anywhere in the layout (thinking of an overbridge) or is this a step too far ? Many thanks Paul