Where the meter is accessible to you, you are strongly advised to check readings at the beginning and end of term to verify your account. In Owlstone Croft , the electricity supply is not metered separately for each room, and electricity charges are included in Room-Rent. In college houses, electricity is charged on an estimated basis quarterly in advance, and corrected to actual consumption in arrears. Replacement bulbs for College fittings are available from the Porters Lodge in exchange for the old bulb. Fires and Room Heaters Cripps Court and Erasmus Building rooms, non-attic rooms on V, W, X, Y stairs, Y14, Y16, and E1 have no fire supplied by the College.
Residents are free to use their own electric heaters, preferably of the convector or fan type.
Most other College rooms have gas fires. Where fire guards are fitted, they must not be removed. Owlstone Croft rooms have no fires, and residents may not use electric heaters in their rooms, because the electricity supply will not cope, leading to tripped circuit breakers. The College takes all aspects of fire safety very seriously. Fire extinguishers must not be removed from their normal locations, must not be used as playthings, nor used to prop doors open.