Water in meter box and electrical panel

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Augie19

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A new residental installation has water coming into the meter box and the distribution breaker panel. The transformer slab is slightly higher that the meter box. The transformer slab cutout fills up with runoff water, but the conduits were installed below the slab, allowing water create a head and to flow down the conduit into the meter box and then into the distribution panel. Is there anything in the NEC or standard installation procedures that the contractor or utility should have done to prevent this? If the conduit had been run to above the transformer slab surface, this would not be an issue.
 
I don't think that the NEC means that the raceway should drain into the equipment.

230.53 Raceways to Drain. Where exposed to the weather,
raceways enclosing service-entrance conductors shall be
suitable for use in wet locations and arranged to drain.
Where embedded in masonry, raceways shall be arranged
to drain
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For underground services the fix that I have used is to excavate the 90 below the meter. Carefully cut the 90 to allow water to drain.
A series of small holes or hacksaw cuts in the underside of the 90 would suffice. Fill the excavated area with 1/2" clean gravel to allow
drainage.
 
Seen this before...meter looked like old faithful during heavy rains.
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For underground services the fix that I have used is to excavate the 90 below the meter. Carefully cut the 90 to allow water to drain.
A series of small holes or hacksaw cuts in the underside of the 90 would suffice. Fill the excavated area with 1/2" clean gravel to allow
drainage.​
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Just a thought you might try doing this further away from the house to avoid basement leaks created by grade or soil issues.
 
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