I don't think I'd do that. I'm no electrician so I don't really know what's going on, but I believe the current that goes to the bulb is quite variable. Ie. big surge at startup, tapers off, then I don't know if it increases or decreases as the bulb heats up. If I understand this correctly, it is something like basically the resistance of the bulb itself decreases as it heats so the ballast has to work to decrease the power going to the bulb in order to maintain constant output.
But, like I said that's really just based on my own non-understanding.
It's easy enough to run new wires for the fans..
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