I have installed a ceiling fan, which worked. I am now stymied by installing a Hunter model 27185 remote. I see the black an white wires, but I don't know what to do with the red wire. When I set up with just the black & red wires, I did not have enough power to run both the light and fan. When I hooked up just the black and white wires, the unit did not operate. Please help, I would pull my hair out (if I still had any). :wall:

Let me start out by saying that I know that fluorescents can't be soft started unless it's something like a preheat ballast or whatever, but that's tangential. I'm just calling it soft start 'cause it describes the effect I want. So here's my question: I have a fluorescent lamp on a timer. Assuming the ballast is dimable, is there any way that I could have the lamp ramp up in brightness every time it's turned on? Preferably, the brightness would ramp from 0 to 1 over the course of a minute or five minutes or something. This lamp is over my fish tank, and I've noticed that when the lights come on suddenly the fish freak out. My current solution is to use two fixtures and two timers, but I'd like a smoother ramp. Three fixtures and timers might be cheaper than soft-start and smooth enough, dunno.