I would assume the fixture and these ballasts were supposed to work along well, without any overtemperature tripping, so there is quite high chance the ballasts are actually dying and therefore overheating. It could be the corrosion compromising the insulation between individual core plates, so the core eddy current losses are going up. The higher temperature also pulls down the flux saturation point, so the ballast start to operate at elevated current, increasing the losses even further.
Or even worse, the wire insulation becomes compromised among few turns. That would mean the ballast will die really soon.
Or the thing was designed to operate at lower voltage than you are using it at, 5V difference (115V vs 120V, or 120V vs 125V) is a lot here, it by itself (~5% change in the input voltage) cause roughly 15..20% power dissipation change (the slight core saturation makes the thing worse than plain (voltage ratio)^2, plus the fact the coil sees (even though phase vector-triangle) difference makes the coil voltage to vary percentage wise more than the mains voltage does) Or the lamp may exhibit lower voltage drop than the ballast is designed for. So check the exact ballast ratings, if it matches what you have there as mains voltage and used tube.
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