Workhorse ballast schematics

[TANGOMAN]

Well there ya' go, it's just that easy...thanks. I had to bust open an old flourescent bulb just to try and figure out what the hell is goin' on in there. Happy to report, no band-aids were needed after performing this act... . Now I'm really confused. . The pins on each end are connected to a filament inside. So the electrons come runnin' in there and the filament gets ****ed off, turns all red, next thing ya' know it the gasses are burnin'...? Filaments at both ends burn ? How does it create resistance and glow red if there's only one wire attached... . I'd think of that as an open circuit. Or is it the gas within the tube that actually creates the resistance resulting in the output of light. Or should I just consider bulbs like woman, and know better than to ask why it does what it does, and just go along with it...