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Mitch, the CFL floods I have in my kitchen take 5-7 seconds to reach full
brightness.

What are you doing here? :-)

Mine take about 3-4 minutes! I have various brands (10 lights total),
and they all take that long.

What kind do you use? I want those!

Yours must just be very old. I have lots of kinds and brands, and they all
come up to full strength in less than 10 seconds. The only one that takes
minutes is a bulb in a closet that's been there for more than 5 years.

Most CFLs that have outer bulbs have a serious need for warmup - often
starting at 1/4 of full brightness or less, and needing a good minute or
two to reach full brightness.

Ones with bare tubing usually start brighter and warm up more quickly.
But that generally excludes floodlight ones.

- Don Klipstein )