v wrote:
... A CFL bulb (any FL light) takes an
initial surge of power to start, plus it only has so many starts in it
from the day it is built. They only save on longer duty cycles.

The initial surge thing using a "lot" of electricity is somewhat of a
myth. Work it out and there's just no way that a fraction of a second
surge can use all that much electricity. If it did the wires would
melt and the circuit breakers blow.