Wee, I'm not about to get into word play; nor is it my ambition to dissect everthing I encounter.
The ballasts with such lables have all also touted themselves as "electronic." Whatever is inside the mysterious black box, they seem to have left out the heavy, gooey, tar.
Likewise, we have documented, on this very site, other electronic devices that most definitely had current to ground in normal operation. Motion sensors, photocells, and even SOME illuminated switches utilize the ground as a conductor.
I can also point to the 'wall switch' type intermatic timers as something that includes the 'we need a ground' statement.
At least one type of surge supppressor relies upon the ground path to rid itself of excess voltage. That this may not be the 'latest' type is immaterial; for the purposes of this discussion, it's enough to know it exists.
It's getting pretty hard to find things around the home that don't use electronics .... I'm pretty sure my toilet doesn't - but I do have an old one!
