Electrician Stafford, Wiring Armoured (SWA) and shed wire

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  • Опубликовано: 2 дек 2024

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  • @rscelectrical7091
    @rscelectrical7091 5 лет назад +43

    Good video, but personally I'd have brought the armoured straight down from the bottom of the Wiska. Then run around low level under the bottom drip edge of the wall.

    • @Jackdaly2000
      @Jackdaly2000 5 лет назад +8

      RSC Electrical what I was thinking looks horrible it coming round the wall like that

    • @rscelectrical7091
      @rscelectrical7091 5 лет назад +9

      @@Jackdaly2000 : Agreed, I hate seeing cables run around walls like that. Before anyone starts, I know there's times when we have no choice. Doesn't stop me hating doing it or seeing it though.

    • @LeeRobertsMe
      @LeeRobertsMe 5 лет назад +5

      I thought the same, he could of transitioned into the cutout nicely then too.

    • @electricalstuff259
      @electricalstuff259 4 года назад +2

      I woulda come out left like he did but then down the wall in the corner, so it's not just stuck in the middle of any wall.

    • @markpunt9638
      @markpunt9638 4 года назад

      Out of the building at ground floor level? Easy

  • @naiemar222
    @naiemar222 4 года назад +1

    Nick bundy I like how you started and every video after top spark training more sparks big appreciation for the videos keep it up

  • @ashmanelectricalservices4318
    @ashmanelectricalservices4318 5 лет назад +14

    Support of wiring to prevent premature collapsing in the event of a fire only applies to surface wiring not wiring above a ceiling or underneath floorboards.

    • @niceguy235uk1
      @niceguy235uk1 5 лет назад +1

      Incorrect.

    • @ashmanelectricalservices4318
      @ashmanelectricalservices4318 5 лет назад

      This should be fun... Come on then Paul, let's hear it.

    • @niceguy235uk1
      @niceguy235uk1 5 лет назад +1

      @@ashmanelectricalservices4318 Hear what?

    • @ashmanelectricalservices4318
      @ashmanelectricalservices4318 5 лет назад

      @@niceguy235uk1 The reason(s) as to why the statement is incorrect.

    • @goodwin4924
      @goodwin4924 5 лет назад +3

      Alvin is right mate if the ceiling was gion to come down at that point cables would be the last of your problems

  • @Bradley-tx6ed
    @Bradley-tx6ed 4 года назад +2

    american electrican here love watching how its done other places also i am also a big fan of metric system much simpler and more precise

  • @michaelwhite28
    @michaelwhite28 5 лет назад +5

    Looking forward to future videos. Keep up the good work!

  • @Pieman93
    @Pieman93 4 года назад +2

    Nice to see that you've come full circle in your more recent videos #flexiConFromDayOne
    Great stuff mate. Good to see how well produced and interesting your content has become, in just a year and a half on RUclips. Been a subscriber for a while, and just now going through your back catalogue of videos.

  • @tj9382
    @tj9382 4 года назад +2

    Really nice job matey; lots of obstacles but you were totally professional throughout. 👍🏻

  • @bigbud1978
    @bigbud1978 5 лет назад +13

    Good video ... keep going into detail like you have ... like how go through whole job. maybe just zoom in sometimes 👍

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад +2

      bigbud1978 thanks 👍 and will do, appreciate all the comments

  • @drunkinpiper
    @drunkinpiper 5 лет назад +1

    Well done, nice job and good clear explanation about how the job was done.

  • @niceguy235uk1
    @niceguy235uk1 5 лет назад +16

    Good effort, however,
    The SWA wasn't that tidy running around the house.
    It could have been dropped straight down from the bottom of the Wiska box and round at low level.
    Cable entries should ideally be into the bottom of any external enclosures for obvious reasons.
    The SWA could have been terminated directly into the shed CU, to keep costs down.
    Lastly, there is no reason to maintain the fire rating of the CU in a shed or out building.

    • @Mattja1
      @Mattja1 5 лет назад

      Yes I thought it strange that he'd put a wiska box on the side of the shed, serves no purpose I can think of.

    • @jackaitkenproductions3305
      @jackaitkenproductions3305 5 лет назад

      ye im with alvin on this one

    • @kbultray
      @kbultray 4 года назад

      50mm galv tray. Much easier and faster in the long run.

  • @richardshomemechanics5566
    @richardshomemechanics5566 4 года назад +1

    Great video I’m a old school sparkie mainly domestic work and outside electrical works grew up on 2391 testing but been 10 years since I worked for my self and doing electrical works I’m looking at registering for part p again but things have moved on and I’m rusty so your videos area great way of getting back into electrics again and ref to comments on here .. every one works there own way .. on installations all that’s matters is it’s safe / within the regs carry on the great work I love your videos very well filmed and step by step instructions are spot on well done 👍

    • @richardshomemechanics5566
      @richardshomemechanics5566 4 года назад

      I have subscribed to your channel your way of explaining what you are doing is spot on there’s a lot of effort and time that goes into making your Videos I personally appreciate them keep up the good work 😉

  • @inimitableknight9791
    @inimitableknight9791 5 лет назад +2

    Excellent first video 👌🏽

  • @battlefieldgamer3936
    @battlefieldgamer3936 3 года назад +2

    I realise this video is over a year old but I’m wondering on how you connected the 10mm cable coming from the shed into the existing consumer unit in the house did you use an existing rcd or a new one or what thanks in advance.

  • @twomenonabank8991
    @twomenonabank8991 4 года назад

    Nice work. Easy to follow instructional video. Good job buddy 👍🏻

  • @joeeaton5486
    @joeeaton5486 5 лет назад +2

    Great video! Keep them coming 👍

  • @robinhadley
    @robinhadley 4 месяца назад

    Any video that involves garden rooms etc and the commercial stuff.

  • @Chris-uu6dg
    @Chris-uu6dg 4 года назад +1

    Great video thanks! Could you tell me what size MCB did you connect the cable to in the house consumer or was it a RCBO?
    Thanks.

  • @stevethomas5849
    @stevethomas5849 5 лет назад

    Spent yesterday pricing a job to do what you have done. Only for the customer pull the rug from under oneself. Beacuse the quote was to much. I was practicaly giving it away. The joys of we do.

  • @andywarrington4738
    @andywarrington4738 5 лет назад +1

    advise using CW glands for outside , BW for inside

  • @thfc4745
    @thfc4745 5 лет назад +1

    well done great first video

  • @ADAMBRADY04
    @ADAMBRADY04 4 года назад

    I'm curious to why the 10mm I got my 2 sheds wired up and my sparky installed 4mm swa from inside out to a consumer in the shed, I did say I wanted a couple of 16a sockets installed aswell as 6 double sockets extractor and 4 led strip lights but he said 4mm would be ideal. After watching you here I'm wondering if 10mm would have been perfect plus future proof for my installation.

  • @knoxieman
    @knoxieman 4 года назад +1

    Good video, I've just bought a new build with a remote garage, tossers ran a 1.5mm swa to the garage, we now want a car charger installed, I just don't understand on a short run the bloody penny pinching, so now I've got to run another cable, how effective was that led light positioned like it was? I can see why you did it but it doesn't look like it will work well?

  • @ShallowPlane
    @ShallowPlane 3 года назад

    Brilliant job

  • @samarchaudhary2899
    @samarchaudhary2899 3 года назад

    Hello mate thank you for your video,can I ask a question please how would you run cabling to patio ground lights?hi tuf or swa as swa hard to make end in small fitting box.thank you in advance

  • @Lee12238
    @Lee12238 5 лет назад +2

    Hi mate, i'm leaving the Army in a year. Just wondering whats the best way to becoming an electrician?. Also i want to ask, as they say "dont ask dont get", could i possibly work for you for (free) in my spare time to gain the very valuable experience, which will benefit me for when i start the electrical course that i will be starting on 27th Jan 2020?.

  • @mickinmerton8053
    @mickinmerton8053 4 года назад

    How deep is the cable under the path? Helpful video, thanks.

  • @EastWestElectrical
    @EastWestElectrical 2 года назад

    Nice work but not so sure about the flexi conduit. Looks temporary imo. I'd have used pvc conduit throughout.

  • @fanoscharalambous2098
    @fanoscharalambous2098 2 года назад

    Great video and work 👍. Question, when running the cable from the house to the shed, did you clip the cable to the fence post or gravel board?
    How high does the cable need to be above ground or how low below ground?

  • @johnibbertson2960
    @johnibbertson2960 2 года назад

    nick why 2 boxes for the wired armoured?

  • @dobbass
    @dobbass 4 года назад

    Liked the video - cheers! Quick question when would you need a DB say for example if you were using as an office just pulling power for a charger and a light would you still need one or would a fused spur be acceptable?

  • @Oipwnmw2
    @Oipwnmw2 3 года назад

    Roughly how much does and operation like this cost? I'm not an electrician and would like some power in my shed, trying to find the safest/cheapest way possible, tia

  • @simonduddles1385
    @simonduddles1385 3 года назад

    Great video

  • @lloydgrant301
    @lloydgrant301 5 лет назад +1

    Really good content for your first video pal, like how you explain everything and why your doing it that way. Keep up the good work hope to see more

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад

      lloyd grant thanks Lloyd? Hopefully they will get better and better

  • @00A00RECORDINGS
    @00A00RECORDINGS 4 года назад

    What type of cable did you run from the consumer unit to the outside wisker box?

  • @glossopuk
    @glossopuk 2 года назад

    Have I just witnessed the start of the flexicon saga?! 😂

  • @MsMicheal12345
    @MsMicheal12345 5 лет назад

    great work ,how much does it cost approx for similar my shed is 3 metres from bungalow

  • @BMW-Tourer
    @BMW-Tourer Год назад

    This has aged well Nick

  • @harrymurphy2061
    @harrymurphy2061 4 года назад

    Hey Guys, can anyone help, im struggling to understand what the use for a WISKA box is? why not go straight through the shed into a consumer unit? thanks

    • @leebrown3895
      @leebrown3895 4 года назад +3

      You could be then potentially having outside water, condensation etc go straight into the fuse board, that's what I would do unless the swa has a slight decent run into the shed first.

  • @stewpot001
    @stewpot001 5 лет назад +1

    Just seen your videos whilst looking around at other sparky videos. Quick question, ring or radial for the sockets ?

  • @petertallowin6406
    @petertallowin6406 5 лет назад +3

    You must have asked that wall very nicely not to blow out more than that. :) Just out of curiosity was the circuit in the main board supplying the circuit to the shed protected by an RCD? If so, did you consider using a 100amp main switch in the shed board instead of the additional RCD? (discrimination/selectivity and all that jazz) just an observation dude :) Excellent job. Looking forward to more content.

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад +2

      Peter Tallowin lol very nicely, and yeah 100a 30mA cd protecting the armoured with a 50 amp mcb, and shed end I changed the main switch to a 40a 30mA rcd but for added protect because of the distance from main board, thanks for watching Pete 🤙 loads more to come soon

    • @petertallowin6406
      @petertallowin6406 5 лет назад

      Splendid. :) I like your style dude and look forward to future content. A pleasure to watch people who care about what they do. Thanks for the reply. Oh and if you haven't already, you should check out DSS Electrical and Artisan Electrics as well. So many quality dudes posting quality content.

    • @s_a_m_85
      @s_a_m_85 5 лет назад +2

      Hi Nick! Just adding to what Peter Tallowin said also check out all the following channels if you follow my trusted electrician. Thomas Nagy, David Savery Electrical Services, CRJ electrical, John ward, sparky ninja, the guys at gsh electrical, big Clive and e5 group 👍 keep up the good work!

    • @petertallowin6406
      @petertallowin6406 5 лет назад

      @@s_a_m_85 yeah what he said. :)

    • @tomorichard
      @tomorichard 5 лет назад +1

      N Bundy Electrical there is no selectivity offered by using a lower rated RCD this is just its maximum current rating. It’s often hard to achieve and keep prices down but 30ma rcds in series is not great practice and rarely do they operate independently or as expected.
      Fair play for putting your work online to be judged but I think it’s a great platform for learning these days.

  • @onlylexus
    @onlylexus 4 года назад

    Good Video. Question: I presume that your SWA was connected to the CU and got its earth there, in the house at that end, but don't you need to connect another earth at the shed end directly from the SWA to ground there also? running long SWA's I'da thought you'd need an earthing plate at the shed end running into the ground, am I wrong? To rely on the main CU earthing at the house end CU using long runs of SWA to the shed, would you need another earth at the shed end driven into the ground, just to be sure?

    • @Christian-dc1sb
      @Christian-dc1sb 4 года назад

      Not if it tests out okay (not going in to much detail) but if it doesnt you dont take the houses earthing into the shed CU for instance and instead you earth the shed installation using a ground rod however this is generally not required

  • @richardwhitwam9979
    @richardwhitwam9979 5 лет назад +3

    Great content mate - keep them coming . I was wondering which rounded screws you normally use on your SWA ? Cheers

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад +1

      Richard Whitwam cheers bud and these ones www.screwfix.com/p/quicksilver-pz-round-head-woodscrews-10-x-2-200-pack/19141

  • @jcf828
    @jcf828 3 года назад

    hi mate, how did you go from the light switch to the light fitting in the single piece of flexi con??

  • @GiffordsElectrical
    @GiffordsElectrical 5 лет назад +3

    Liked and subscribed. Good first video Nick. I’m currently doing a domestic electrician course as I wanted a career change. I’m getting loads of great information off guys like Thomas Nagy and Chris from CJR Electrical just by watching their videos. Looking forward to more content from you too 👍👍

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад +1

      Craig Gifford yeah I subscribe to both of them too, it’s what made me want to do my own videos, I’ve never edited anything before so hopefully they will get better with each video 👍

    • @roadiesean
      @roadiesean 5 лет назад

      @@NBundyElectrical thanks for not doing the usual thing of being rude to Domestic Installers ! I also did the course last year for a late career change and to firm up the knowledge gained over 30 years of doing up houses, we realise we are not time served electricians like you guys, but your videos (and Thomas and My Trusted Electrician) all help us do better work. Good luck to you too Craig !

    • @GaryThomo
      @GaryThomo 5 лет назад

      Where are you doing the course and who with? Cheers

    • @roadiesean
      @roadiesean 5 лет назад +1

      @@GaryThomo I did mine with TradeSkills. To be honest, they just get you through the exams, the hard part is when you are out in the real world working this out. Its where the learning really starts !!!!

    • @GaryThomo
      @GaryThomo 5 лет назад

      @@roadiesean I get what you mean, I have wanted to change my career for years now and I find electrics so interesting, problem like most i suppose is that i work 5 days a week so finding time will be difficult. I will look into Tradeskills

  • @8skellerns
    @8skellerns 4 года назад

    How did you connect it into the consumer unit? Seperate MCB off a RCB? Or off a RCBO?

    • @battlefieldgamer3936
      @battlefieldgamer3936 3 года назад

      Hello sam I see this comments is 7 months old but did you ever find your answer for this question thanks

    • @8skellerns
      @8skellerns 3 года назад

      @@battlefieldgamer3936 Nope :/

  • @tonyyoung3437
    @tonyyoung3437 5 лет назад

    Hi, Just wondered why you put the board so low down when kids can gain access. Comment already made about size of cable. 2.5mm would have carried enough surely for a shed ? good video !

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад

      Tony Young customer asked to have it low due to shelf’s going above and there will be another summerhouse run from this

  • @DerekHundik
    @DerekHundik 5 лет назад

    i've done exactly the same job back in 2018. A lot of digging involved and cutting the slabs and concrete. What size of cable you used ?

  • @SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers
    @SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers 4 года назад +6

    Hi, you seem to think that we know what you know. Please get in a little closer so we can see what it is you are talking about. Even if these close ups are edited in afterwards. Some of the items you were using should be seen close up so we know and have a fuller understanding. For example you may have a pet name for something whereas we may know it by another name. Hope that helps.

  • @EverythingDIYd
    @EverythingDIYd 3 года назад

    Love the videos bud. What did you use to join the T&E to the SWA?

  • @raver1481
    @raver1481 4 года назад

    What book did you use for calculating the spacings?

  • @gavindebrito7117
    @gavindebrito7117 5 лет назад +1

    Liked and followed.Great Video for first one.just one question is ok to have consumer unit so low?.

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад +1

      Gavin De Brito hey thanks for watching an the customer wanted shelf’s on wall above so I put it where it wouldn’t be covered in an emergency 👍

    • @gavindebrito7117
      @gavindebrito7117 5 лет назад

      Yea I though was about 1350-1450.but the customer is always Right.👍

  • @Mc_123-d4o
    @Mc_123-d4o 5 лет назад +1

    6way DB for couple lights and sockets man? 3 way garage DB...sorted

    • @shifty277
      @shifty277 4 года назад +2

      For the sake of £30 difference it gives the room to upgrade in the future. 3 more ways cant hurt...

  • @GeorgeAusters
    @GeorgeAusters 5 лет назад

    I bloke a work with had this exact job done and lives over Wolverhampton way.. Could be his house haha!

  • @AE-mu1jc
    @AE-mu1jc 4 года назад +2

    11:00 Why do you have a metal box CU for save for fire if the backside have a big hole and do you screw it on a wood? If the back metal too - I can understand it. The fire from inside the box can nothing crashed.
    If the shed in fire it is equal of course.

  • @RelaxwithSeizure
    @RelaxwithSeizure 5 лет назад

    Use a proper disc on your grinder. That disc you used is for metal. Buy a masonry/stone disc, like a knife through butter :)

  • @Bubbauk88
    @Bubbauk88 3 года назад +7

    "Trying flexicon for the first time" 14:15

    • @AndyK.1
      @AndyK.1 3 года назад

      That’s where it all started 😂

  • @charliechimples
    @charliechimples 4 года назад

    Great vid, didn’t realise this was your first.. thought you were joking when you said you were using flexible conduit for the first time. Ha. 🙈

  • @NillKitty
    @NillKitty 3 года назад

    Wait hold up (*takes a second to convert since I'm a dumb yank*) ... 10 mm wire is 8 AWG wire.... which we use for up to 40A. Your voltage is double, so you should be able to get 80A on that. Why would you need 80A between a shed a "summer home"? I agree with a previous comment -- they're gonna be growing weed out there.

    • @Azlehria
      @Azlehria 3 года назад +1

      Voltage may be doubled, but ampacity isn't. So that would 4.8 kW vs 9.6 kW, but it's not the whole story.
      We still use 240V in the US; the major difference is where neutral (and earth ground) are referenced: we use the midpoint (0V +- 120V) and they use one end (0V + 240V). Subpanels are fed with full service (2 hots, neutral, ground) because a 120V panel is useless if you need a 240V circuit _and_ because it makes balancing the legs more difficult.
      Bearing all that in mind, an equivalent US-market 40A subpanel installation would supply a maximum of . . . 9.6 kW. Just like this. Only on this side of the pond you'd have to worry about balancing the 120V legs, unless it were supplying a 240V load circuit - and in that case an isolator switch would probably be the better choice.

  • @electricalstuff259
    @electricalstuff259 4 года назад

    As others have said, cable looks a bit shite coming all over the walls like that, but i'm sure you will have read them and taken notice and it's all about improving going forward hey? Some of these jokers in the comments make out like they know everything and do everything perfectly.
    Take no notice bud, i really enjoy your vids.

  • @stevemcguinness2646
    @stevemcguinness2646 4 года назад

    Out of interest what sort of money would that job cost?

  • @KevinAmatt
    @KevinAmatt 4 года назад

    My neighbor electrition recommended using 4mm core armoured cable and connect it directly into the RCD in the house.

  • @sunnyhossain3194
    @sunnyhossain3194 4 года назад

    Great 👍

  • @AndyK.1
    @AndyK.1 5 лет назад +1

    I bet that was an expensive job.

  • @APlusES
    @APlusES 5 лет назад

    Top video Nick!, any particular reason for using 10mm?

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад

      Apluselectricalsolutions cheers bud, it was to allow another shed be bounced of this supply, there is another video called Koplex later on which does this 👍

    • @APlusES
      @APlusES 5 лет назад +1

      Ah makes sense, always got to think of future proofing 👍🏻

  • @kush3333
    @kush3333 5 лет назад +6

    Obviously growing their own weed in that shed : )

  • @gd-bq7em
    @gd-bq7em 5 лет назад

    So did you feed this from an mcb in the house consumer unit in the house if so what size mcb did you use. Is the swa rcd protected

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад +1

      greg davies yeah it’s cover by a 30mA rcd, and run from a 40 amp breaker

    • @gd-bq7em
      @gd-bq7em 5 лет назад

      @@NBundyElectrical so its rcd protected at the main house board and then rcd protected at the shed end. Dose this not mean if there is a fault in the shed end would it not also trip the rcd in the main house c.u as well

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад

      Yeah it will on some occasion, I had original quoted to fit an rcbo board on the shed end but customer changed plans last min, I’m going to change the house fuse board and relocate it soon and change this abit to prevent this 👍

    • @gd-bq7em
      @gd-bq7em 5 лет назад

      @@NBundyElectrical ok it's a weird situation cus they want you to rcd protect the cable feeding the shed c.u but you dont want 2 rcd covering the same thing because if there is a fault in the shed the rcd in the house might trip before the rcd in the shed

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад

      Yeah that’s the issue exactly will sort it all soon anyway,

  • @ryancalderwoodnelson2411
    @ryancalderwoodnelson2411 5 лет назад +1

    Just out of interest. How come you've used a 10mm SWA not a 6mm SWA?

    • @NBundyElectrical
      @NBundyElectrical  5 лет назад +2

      Ryan Calderwood Nelson there is another shed going further down the garden running from this board so wanted to same sure that with the length of cable voltage drop would be minimal for the addition shed 👍

    • @ryancalderwoodnelson2411
      @ryancalderwoodnelson2411 5 лет назад +1

      @@NBundyElectrical Ah right I see. What was the length in total? Because I was just wondering could I use a 6mm SWA to run approximately 25meters to a shed, of a 32A MCB to feed a 2 Way C.U which has a 20AMCB and 6A MCB

    • @Brynoize
      @Brynoize 5 лет назад +1

      @@ryancalderwoodnelson2411 Yeah 6mm is fine, 4mm would do depending on if the cable is buried and other factors.

    • @ryancalderwoodnelson2411
      @ryancalderwoodnelson2411 5 лет назад

      @@Brynoize Ok. Cheers.

    • @leebrown3895
      @leebrown3895 4 года назад

      @@ryancalderwoodnelson2411 all depends on the potential load which dictates the cable size and account for voltage drop

  • @normanboyes4983
    @normanboyes4983 5 лет назад

    Sorry, a bit more thought about the cable run would have resulted in a much neater job. Drilling the hole through the house very near the corner would have enabled a neater vertical cable drop that visually would have been lost in the corner.
    As the homeowner is planning to pave over the concrete path it would have been better (but more work) to grind out the full length to the wall so the cable would have been buried - this would also allow drilling the brick wall below the concrete level so keeping the cable hidden.
    Why did you not terminate the SWA at the shed distribution board? Also unclear why you terminated at the Wiska box on the outside of the house - ugly ugly.
    I did a very similar job on my property and it took me all day to run 30m of SWA. Mind you it was my first time and the cable run is either hidden or unobtrusive - but then I am not an electrician and my time is ‘free’. Yes a qualified electrician tested and made the final connection to supply.

  • @zjzozn
    @zjzozn 5 лет назад

    👍🇬🇧

  • @gregbouchard8353
    @gregbouchard8353 5 лет назад

    U do a good job mate how are u ok mate hove a good day mate form Greg Bouchard hove a good day mate how a good day mate how are u ok mate hove a good day how are u ok mate hove a good one mate

  • @andrewmacdonald9166
    @andrewmacdonald9166 5 лет назад

    Looks horrendous

    • @HARRYSPADGE
      @HARRYSPADGE 5 лет назад +1

      Show some of your work then !

    • @Alexander_sparky
      @Alexander_sparky 5 лет назад

      Constructive

    • @shaynemac77
      @shaynemac77 5 лет назад

      Harsh. Like a lot of people are saying he should of brought the armour straight from the wall