March 26Mar 26 Hey guys I need some help if you can What’s the best way to repair this hole around the cable in meter box? I think they used a hammer to make there hole. thanks
March 26Mar 26 Trim the white plastic to be tidy. Mix some self levelling compound and pour in. Have a cup of tea/coffe
March 26Mar 26 Author 5 hours ago, JohnMo said: Trim the white plastic to be tidy. Mix some self levelling compound and pour in. Have a cup of tea/ self leveling will work on a plastic meter box?
March 26Mar 26 A sparky might comment but I think the blue and brown wires need more protection - like trunking.
March 26Mar 26 12 minutes ago, Alwayslearning22 said: self leveling will work on a plastic meter box? Why would it go in a plastic box, isn't the repair to the concrete floor? If they were hitting the plastic box with hammer there wouldn't be a plastic box in the photo
March 26Mar 26 Author If rats or mice get up the hockey stick pipe beside it they could enter the cavity? Edited March 26Mar 26 by Alwayslearning22
March 26Mar 26 5 hours ago, Mr Punter said: A sparky might comment but I think the blue and brown wires need more protection - like trunking. I've zero idea of what I'm looking at. Is the cable regular twin and earth (T&E), as it appears to me to be so. If it is, then it's a dangerous install. This needs to be in "containment", so as @Mr Punter suggests it needs conduit or trunking. Even if this is temporary it is dogshit on toast, and the bread was out of date.
March 26Mar 26 5 hours ago, JohnMo said: Mix some self levelling compound and pour in. What have I told you about drinking during the day?
March 26Mar 26 That's non setting electrical putty https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChsSEwjV_aGfyr6TAxXzjFAGHbGsIjYYACICCAEQAxoCZGc&co=1&ase=2&gclid=CjwKCAjwspPOBhB9EiwATFbi5BkanPos5dLixv0wSp1V_3WAHOacGQ1jnwucOEUEE5d2-PmOgYSP0RoCFW8QAvD_BwE&cce=2&category=acrcp_v1_32&sig=AOD64_1l9R1G1FCGLV_DOlYmv6FsI1sd3g&ctype=5&q=&nis=4&ved=2ahUKEwja35Wfyr6TAxWeQUEAHfLbLX0Q9aACKAB6BAgFEB4&adurl= Edited March 26Mar 26 by Marvin
March 27Mar 27 Author 13 hours ago, Nickfromwales said: I've zero idea of what I'm looking at. Is the cable regular twin and earth (T&E), as it appears to me to be so. If it is, then it's a dangerous install. This needs to be in "containment", so as @Mr Punter suggests it needs conduit or trunking. Even if this is temporary it is dogshit on toast, and the bread was out of date. My previous house looked like this too seems to be the standard around here
March 27Mar 27 Author 12 hours ago, dpmiller said: are there only two lives going into that box? Yes appears to be. Is that not right? I have solar panels. Has that anything to do with it
March 27Mar 27 @alwayslearning22 is this the finished install or did you take the photo when the Sparky was till working on it? Has it been left with the cover missing on the box above? If this is the case, then as well as the single insulated tails it has left live terminals exposed and the cables connected to the unit above are dangling from the terminals rather than being mechanically supported by a gland. This is all kind of wrong!
March 27Mar 27 For some reason I cannot zoom into the photo. Also, it would be good to have a shot from further back showing the whole installation.
March 27Mar 27 21 hours ago, dpmiller said: are there only two lives going into that box? It's to de-rate the outgoing supply, so L > SP MCB > final destination. The cable feeding the MCB should be able to take the current of the supply so it's not looking up to par.
March 27Mar 27 On 26/03/2026 at 16:23, JohnMo said: A bit of silicone and a wet finger? I don't think I'd be sticking a wet finger anywhere near that installation 🙄 57 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said: The cable feeding the MCB should be able to take the current of the supply so it's not looking up to par. The whole thing look bl**dy awful.
March 27Mar 27 13 minutes ago, SimonD said: I don't think I'd be sticking a wet finger anywhere near that installation 🙄 The whole thing look bl**dy awful. I was wondering why the test certificate had pictures of the Mr. Men on it. lol.
March 28Mar 28 Author 22 hours ago, sgt_woulds said: @alwayslearning22 is this the finished install or did you take the photo when the Sparky was till working on it? Has it been left with the cover missing on the box above? If this is the case, then as well as the single insulated tails it has left live terminals exposed and the cables connected to the unit above are dangling from the terminals rather than being mechanically supported by a gland. This is all kind of wrong! No it’s finished install my neighbours the same too. seems to be the norm
March 28Mar 28 13 hours ago, SimonD said: I don't think I'd be sticking a wet finger anywhere near that installation 🙄 The whole thing look bl**dy awful. Having single PVC’s ‘on display’ is a no no. How the feck are they getting away with this if it’s the finished article!?!
March 28Mar 28 1 hour ago, Nickfromwales said: Having single PVC’s ‘on display’ is a no no. How the feck are they getting away with this if it’s the finished article!?! You should have seen what I came across recently when installing a heat pump. My electrician (who was the first electrician my customer had ever known to actually check in the meter box even though they'd had a lot of building work and re-wiring done) found that the armoured cable installed during previous extension work going from the meter box through loft and into the CU was undersized for 100A supply. Then he found that the armoured cable hadn't been made off correctly and the tails were single insulated, squeezed against the metal gland. The sparky who had installed it had then taken some spare insulation slit down one side and wrapped it around the single insulated tails to make it look like they were double insulated. Stunningly bad and the customer said the previous electrician apparently had a good local reputation......
March 28Mar 28 1 hour ago, SimonD said: Stunningly bad and the customer said the previous electrician apparently had a good local reputation...... …..for his carpentry work.
March 28Mar 28 @SimonD @Nickfromwales I have seen similar poor installed wiring. What is the best way around this? Can a flexible sheath be used? How would the ends be terminated around the existing wires?
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