Update: E-bike fiasco

To preface this, my bike meets all legal requirements, bought through a legit dealer and meets all electrical safety standards (Husqvarna Hardcross HC-5 if you're curious) and is only ridden on private land or in the mountains on sanctioned trails, I'm a responsible adult who touches grass, not the guy that barrels past you on the sidewalk. You don't know me so just because someone misused an e-bike and tou got your panties in a twist over them, doesn't mean I can't own one.

So a couple weeks ago I posted that my new tenancy agreement had a clause added to the agreement that banned e-bikes from being stored on the premisis.

I contacted Tenants Union the next morning after posting here, and they were really helpful. The rep said that there is no precedence in NCAT for this, however being that it is my mode of transportation, not allowing me to store it in the garage is an unreasonable restriction to not allow me to keep my bike, or any legally owned vehicle, because it would mean I have to find alternative storage for a bicycle.

The other issue is that it is something that I am already doing that was not against the current agreement, and imposing new rules would impede on my quiet peace and enjoyment.

They also informed me that unlike what some people here have said, the landlords insurance coverage has nothing to do with me and is not my responsibility, nor can they impose unfair rules because they aren't covered.

The real estate agent did not like it when I pointed these things out in a passive aggressive email and agreed to a periodic lease under the current rules.

She also came and did a surprise exterior inspection the very next day and threatened to breach me for my grass being a bit long and me using the lock on the screen door strut to prop it open.

She was meant to reinspect last week and never did.

TLDR: Tenants Union said it is an unreasonable restriction, infringes on my right to quiet enjoyment, and their insurance not covering it is not my problem.

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u/MangroveDweller — 5 days ago

At a complete loss of how to fix my PCs sound

Every few months the sound for my headphones completely stops working. I'll have no music or sound from games, and when I go into 'Manage Sound Devices' in Windows and click test device, I get a garbled fuzzy sound instead of the proper tone.

I have reinstalled Realtek Audio, disabled Nvidia sound in Device Manager, then uninstalled the Nvidia sound driver entirely in that menu as well, as I recall that was my issue last time but disabling it doesn't seem to work this time.

I went into Nvidia control panel to make sire in 'setup digital audio' the HDMI drop down says Turn off audio.

I've disabled all enhancements in Properties, but when I try to test a different bit rate I get an error "Device in use". I click ok and it still sounds like a garbled mess in each ear.

With my headphones being the only sound device installed on the PC and multiple restarts, it still does not work.

Any help would be appreciated before I set this PC on fire.

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u/MangroveDweller — 12 days ago

So is banning tenants from having e-bikes the norm now?

Just got my renewal and the Rental Agent has added a sneaky clause in banning e-bikes being stored or charged on the premises. I'm in a free-standing building.

Has anyone had this before or been able to have the clause removed?

I'm not selling my e-bike, and I'm definitely not looking to move any time soon. These are legal to own and banning these but not battery mowers, or really anything lithium, seems ridiculous.

Edit: To be clear, this meets all Australian and European standards for electrical safety and is fully compliant. Your $20 K-mart heaters probably a bigger fire hazard.

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u/MangroveDweller — 23 days ago

Malachite with quartz inclusions

Went hunting for deer and only found what I am pretty sure is a malachite specimen by an old copper mine, my question is would I be wasting my time trying to cut and polish a slice of this? Or is it best just kept as a specimen? I've never seen malachite before so not sure if this is just on the surface and its mostly ironstone or something else going on here.

u/MangroveDweller — 2 months ago

Its a Jeep thing. And I don't understand (how this drove in).

Drove in complaining of a clunk in the driveline. Every single bell housing bolt was sheared off, the entire gearbox was twisted around the axis of the torque converter, rear gearbox mount also sheared off.

I've seen gearboxes blow up before but I have absolutely no idea how this drove in, or what causes this to happen without locking the gearbox up.

This happened 3 days before the warranty expired so we didn't look any further into it and Jeep paid for the tow to the dealer.

u/MangroveDweller — 2 months ago