Dishwasher outflow question

thedarwinfish

I recently moved into a new house and after a week of living in the new place I have finally tracked down the source of a funky smell coming from behind one of the kitchen units. It seems (bear in mind I have no experience of plumbing) that the dishwasher waste water outflow pipe has a hole cut in it and the cabling for wiring the the plug for said dishwasher is passed back through it and up into the kitchen unit. Any suggestions as to a possible fix (preferably inexpensive as I'm renting here) or advice would be greatly appreciated. I have attached a photo looking down from inside the kitchen unit at the pipe in question.

Joey the lips

If your renting i would inform my landlord/lady to fix what is a dangerous electrical connection.

It makes no sense why this wire is running through that pipe. What i reckon is happening is the wire is running out side to a socket or shed.

Its just bloody crazy

Outkast_IRE

Thats one of the dumbest things i have ever seen
crazy stuff

Davy

Have you seen the water running in the pipe?

The picture seems to show another length taped to it, so is this just being used as a conduit for the cable?

How is the cable connected either end? As it looks like twin and earth rather than appliance flex

thedarwinfish

hey folks, thanks for the replies. @Davy haven't seen water running through the pipe but I was basing my suggestion on it being the dishwasher outflow pipe by tracing back the pipes under the sink and that the smell was particularly funky after coming back into the house after the dishwasher had been running (that was when I went nosing around in the unit). I can verify if the dishwasher waste water is definitely flowing out that pipe and update the thread. The other pipe taped to it I have verified is the sink outflow. As for the cable... it is wired along with two similar cables into a double socket but I'm afraid that's about as far as my expertise can tell