Apart from no, your question has no simple answer. Fluorescent lamps need a few kV to start them and have a 90V drop when running. All of that is provided by the "gear" needed to run a fluorescent lamp. In a compact fluorescent (CFL), the gear is inside the cap.
No, the ballast's output is not matched to operate a fluorescent bulb.
EEdmund Germer (90% sure) made the first fluorescent light bulb
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The light spectrum from an incandescent (a bulb) is closer to the spectrum of the sun than what comes from a fluorescent.
Assuming that the voltage rating of the lamp matches the rated secondary voltage of the transformer, the lamp will operate at its rated power.
The flourescent light bulb was invented in 1827.
You have a failing bulb or ballast.
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The energy saving light-bulbs are usually fluorescent. Neon is a type of fluorescent light bulb.
fluorescent light bulbs are usually from 9$-15$.
Light in fluorescent bulbs occurs when electricity excites the mercury vapor inside the tubular glass bulb.
In a fluorescent light bulb there is usually a drop of mercury. That mercury vaporizes as the bulb warms up and it becomes gaseous, enhancing the electron interaction through the bulb, making it brighter.