Quote Originally Posted by EntityX View Post
I have CFL's in other places that have the coiled glass tubing and those don't seem to have the issue of taking time to get up to full luminosity as much but the flood light CFLs I just bought one of which I'm using and is facing directly down toward the floor because it's in a hanging ceiling lamp really is quite dim when it first comes on but eventually gives off pretty good lumiosity. Code Doc said that if it's downward facing then it has the issue more but I haven't tried this particular bulb in other positions.
Well, that helps verifies my "theory" that downward facing means a longer time for full CFL brightness. I suspect that downward facing may shorten bulb life, but who really knows? It's amazing what data and/or experimental results that the public has not received on CFLs. The idea was to get them on the market as quickly as possible based on energy savings and expected life alone and irrespective of initial cost.

The initial cost is dropping as mass profuction kicks in, typical of all new products. So, we live and learn as we use. That's the American way.