Meter box wiring to house cutout

[outmyway]

Hi,

Is this meter box wiring route into the wall acceptable?

Its a new build house, should the wiring out be through a rubber gromet or sealed?

Water is also ingressing?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Fairly standard Friday afternoon job. No grommet etc required. I'd want that hole to be filled with something.

But first:
Where is the water coming from?. It shouldnt be in the cavity....

 

[Murdochcat]

Fairly standard botch job by builders on new homes.

Get in touch with who built it

 

[flameport]

It;s rubbish.

Meter boxes have a specific marked place for the cables - bashing a hole in the side is not that.
Cables should pass directly across the cavity in a suitable duct or sleeve. Not be trailed through randomly where they are likely to be damaged.
Water should not be entering via the cavity at all. Suggests further problems elsewhere.

 

[sparkwright]

It is very sloppy running the tails through the top or side of a meter box.

They should go through the bottom, to reduce the risk of water entering.

 

[sparkwright]

Fairly standard botch job by builders on new homes.

Get in touch with who built it

And they will squirt some splodge around where the tails enter, and nothing more.

 

[outmyway]

Thanks for the replies, I'll raise it with the developer Bellway.
I can't see anywhere obvious water is getting through.

Nothing surprises me with the build quality .... the whole house is full of this standard of workmanship.

 

[ebee]

It`s always amazed me to the point it never does (does that make sense?).
I`ve always thought that "newbuilds" (say 20 years old-ish) have really crap electrics amongst other things.
The workmanship is often appalling and I`d be surprised if more than 1 in 20 actually get tested at all and the other 19 or so in the batch often get copied results from the "tested" one.

 

[ebee]

\that hole in the box reminds me of some builder types - you know the ones, you see a wall and think it looks like they stood at the back of a room and thrown plaster at the far wall then skimmed the plaster with the back of a shovel.