Hard starting Actinics

[TANGOMAN]

Ya', thanks Bob... . So this theory states the ballast must grounded ? Is this refering to the "grounding plane". I'm eatin' this up cause it would explain why rubbing the tubes gets them to fire...static electricity ? I've tried grounding the ballast, attaching a ground wire to the bulb . Shall I connect a wire above the tube and connect to the ballast and the ground the whole unit...?
This book ya' got there Bob. Ya' sure it wasn't "re-printed" in 1975. I thought you hung around with that guy who liked to fly kites during electrical storms...