Needless to say the wiring is old and we used to go through traditional light bulbs like crazy. An electrician I got in said it is just a fact of life in an old house, replace the bulb and keep going or rip out all the walls and rewire the whole house.

I switched to CFL over a year ago and have been amazed at the difference, they must be related to the energizer bunny because they just keep going and going. Though I have had the same experience as you – it can take a few seconds to come up to full power.

For me not only do they save on power consumption they have cut down on my light bulb consumption as well.