Any idea that there's a big surge when turning on fluorescent bulbs
can be refuted simply by realizing that if the surge were more than 15
X the power consumed by a regular 100 watt bulb it'd trip your circuit
breaker.

So even if there were a surge and it lasted an entire second then the
break-even would have to be less than 15 seconds.

But it's irrelevant since it's only a myth anyway.

Shaun Eli
http://www.BrainChampagne.com