On Feb 26, 4:09 pm, Mitch Mitch@... wrote:
I bought some compact fluorescent flood bulbs to replace the recessed
bulbs in my kitchen as they burn out. So far I've got 2 installed.

Both of them have this problem. About half the time they work fine.
They have the normal delay that compact fluorescent's have, but that's
fine. The other half of the time, only the very upper part of the
bulb lights. Then the light slowly "creeps" down the spiral. Takes
about 5 minutes!

Anyone else experienced this?

Yup. I replaced three 75W floods with 65W equivalent CFLs. I
installed them and immediately thought that I was going to bring 'em
back (they were $5 each). They are very dim when starting up, but
after a couple of minutes are brighter than the originals. I haven't
noticed if the light "creeps" or not, but I suspect it does.

For me, the energy savings outweighs the delay.