I cannot get the light to turn off on my Hampton Bay fan. Everytime I turn the fan on the light also automatically turns on. The remote appears to be useless, everytime I hit the light/dimmer button nothing happens

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first off see if the remote is working
if it is a point in the fan direction is is probably infred operation. to check turn on the camera of your mobile phone and point the remote at the lens
if it is working then a white light will appear on the screen of the phone when you press on the remote on button and disappear when the off button is pressed
if that works then it will be in the receiver in the fan

Many fans with remote will have two seperate "lights" buttons on the remote. One is to actually use the lights, the other is a delay light used for when leaving the room when it is dark, that automaticly turns off the lights after a delay. It appears that Hampton bay tried simplifying the light, delay light, and dimmer functions all into a single button on most of their remotes, without offering any sort of "owners manual" to explain the functions and operation of these features.
I tried to do some research for a user's manual, but find it disturbing that Hampton Bay does not feel a need to include usage information in the manual for your model of fan.
I would suggest trying different combinations of double-pressing the light button, pressing and holding, and so forth, until something seems to work. On many fans with wireless remote, when the delay feature is activated, you can almost hear a small audible sound (I'm not sure how to describe it, really) every second or two, while it counts down before turning off. This could be helpful while working out the neccessary procedure, at least to know that it is in the incorrect lighting mode.
Also, most Hamilton Bay remote light switchs look a bit wide, as if they may have two or three button under the rubber button pad. Intuitively, I would guess that the left and right parts of the button would likely be for the dimmer features, so first try pressing, double-pressing, and holding the button in it's middle.
Please let me know if we figure something out, so that it may help others who own similar models of cieling fans. Also, if not too inconvenient, could you post a photo of the remote so that we can figure out what type it is? Hamilton Bay seems to have three different remotes used for Reddington III fans, depending on included features.

The light on the remote is a battery light. First mistake was buying a store brand fan which are mostly low-end parts. Try adding a different remote w/receiver.

Hello Espanbauer,

KEEP in mind it could be the receiver also
(cheapest & best first guess is the REMOTE).

I get all my REMOTES from eBay...
(Although AMAZON does sell these)

Believe it or not if they are advertised as GENUINE & new
and come from ESTABLISHED sellers... You are well
protected by both eBay & PayPal...

ALWAYS pay close attention to SHIPPING COSTS

LOOK here:
Genuine Hampton Bay Ceiling Fan Remote Control UC7078T with Up Down Light...

InTHIS price range
Genuine Hampton Bay Ceiling Fan Remote Control UC7078T with Up Down Light...

Hope this helps

Carnac the Magnificent

unplug the fan then remove the batteries from the remote then plug the fan back in and, reinstall the batteries; this resets the fan control

The remote is a Hampton Bay remote that should dim the light and fan on and off. I replaced the battery and do not have a red light when I press the button. Light and fan does not turn off with remote.

if you have the remote controll for both the fan and light you can have the controll on both the fan and light...
other wise it can't

inside the remote, and inside the transmitter above the fan there are 4 tiny keys that set the frequency. set each frequency different then the remotes will only operate that fan. However if two lights r on and one off, when u turn the switch off they all go off, and when u turn it back on the same ones should come on. Then label the remotes!!!