Arrow R20 RLX Series Grade 2 Deadlatch 2-3/8" Backset

Yes. The R20 RLX Series lever lock is built for doors 1-3/4 to 2 inches thick, which covers the standard commercial door and the thicker openings you find on exterior and rated assemblies. It won't fit a 1-3/8 inch interior door, so for older residential-thickness doors look at something with a wider range, like the Hager 2580 storeroom lever, which covers 1-3/8 to 2 inches.

Outside lever stays locked at all times and is released only by the key; the inside lever is always free so anyone inside can get out without a key. The key locks and unlocks the outside lever only. That's the F84 storeroom arrangement, which is why it suits stock rooms, mechanical rooms, and utility closets that must never be left unsecured by accident.

Non-handed. One R20 lever lock covers left and right hand doors, so a property manager stocking spares for a building doesn't need to keep two versions on the shelf. Wood and machine screws come with it for the install.

The 2-3/8 inch backset deadlatch has a 1 inch diameter latch case with a 1/2 inch throw and a 2-1/4 x 1 inch faceplate, so it goes into a standard 1 inch cross-bore prep with a face-bored latch hole. It ships against the 306 ASA ANSI strike, 4-7/8 x 1-1/4 inches, which is the full-lip frame strike. If your frame is prepped for that ASA cutout you're fine; if the door is bored on a 2-3/4 inch backset instead, that's the other common bore spacing and you need the matching latch.

The Arrow R20 RLX Series is a Grade 2 cylindrical storeroom leverset. Two other Grade 2 storeroom levers sit in the same place: the Cal-Royal AG05, a Grade 2 storeroom lever lockset with a deadlocking latchbolt, and the Hager 2580 Grade 2 storeroom cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever. All three are keyed storeroom function, so the outside lever stays locked and the key retracts the latch. The difference to check before swapping is the door: the Arrow R20 covers 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors, while the Cal-Royal AG05 and the Hager 2580 each cover 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch and 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch respectively. On a 1-3/8 inch door the Cal-Royal or Hager is the one that fits.

The Arrow R20 RLX Series is Grade 2. For a heavier cylindrical lever, the Dexter C1000 Series runs Grade 1 in keyed functions including Entry/Office, Classroom, Classroom Security and Asylum, and the Corbin Russwin CL3100 Series CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant cylindrical lever with a fire rating and a 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch door thickness range matching the Arrow R20. Note the function change: the CL3110 is passage/closet and does not lock, so it is a step up in grade only where the opening does not need a key. The Dexter C1000 keyed versions hold the lock function but cover 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, so confirm the leaf thickness before specifying one on a 2 inch door.

No, and this is the substitution that most often goes wrong. The Arrow R20 RLX Series is storeroom function, where the outside lever is locked by key and there is no way to leave it unlocked from the lever side. An entrance/office lever lets the user set the outside lever unlocked and walk away - the Falcon B511CP6D is a Grade 2 entry/office cylindrical lever, the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 commercial entry lock with a lever handle, and the Cal-Royal AG00 is a Grade 2 entrance lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway and a 2-3/8 inch backset. All are keyed Grade 2 levers like the Arrow R20, so they look interchangeable on a spec line, but a storage room, electrical room or IT closet that has to stay secured needs the storeroom function.

No. The Arrow R20 RLX Series is a mechanical cylindrical storeroom lever with no electrical connection; the key is the only thing that changes the state of the outside lever. For an opening that has to release on a signal, the Corbin Russwin CL33903 is a Grade 1 fail safe electrified cylindrical lever running 12VAC/DC, offered with an NZ lever and D rose and covering 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors, the same door range the Arrow R20 covers. That means the leaf preparation carries over even though the lock does not - the electrified version needs power transfer to the door, which a mechanical storeroom lever does not.

Backset is the distance from the door edge to the center of the bore, and it has to match how the door was drilled. The R20 as configured is the 2-3/8 inch backset deadlatch. The RLX series standard latch is the G71 deadlatch at 2-3/4 inch backset, which is what most commercial doors are prepped for, so measure the existing hole before ordering. 2-3/8 is the shorter of the two usual spacings and is common on residential-prepped and narrower doors.

Grade 2 is the middle ANSI/BHMA duty tier, and the R20 is rated Grade 2 commercial, which suits interior storerooms, offices, and multi-family common areas with moderate traffic. If the door is high abuse (a school corridor, a public restroom entrance, a heavily cycled exterior), step up to a Grade 1 cylindrical such as the Dexter C1000 Series or the Corbin Russwin CL3100 Series. If the opening is light residential duty, a Grade 3 lever like the Cal-Royal AUS00 is the lighter tier.

It's keyed, single cylinder: one cylinder on the outside lever only, nothing to key on the inside. That's what makes it a storeroom lock rather than a passage set. If you want a lever on the same door with no key at all, that's a passage function like the Falcon B101 Grade 2 or the Accentra 4601LN.

Two direct Grade 2 storeroom equivalents from other brands: the Cal-Royal AG05, which uses a deadlocking latchbolt and fits 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Hager 2580 with the Withnell lever, which fits 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors. Both cover thinner doors than the R20's 1-3/4 to 2 inch range, so they're the ones to reach for on an older opening.

A storeroom lever like the Arrow R20 RLX Series has no inside locking - the inside lever is always free and only a key outside changes the outside lever - which is the opposite of what a restroom or bedroom needs. Privacy function is the part for that door: the Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 privacy cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton is a Grade 3 privacy lever for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with the 5048 rose covers the decorative side. Privacy sets lock from inside with a thumbturn or button rather than a keyed cylinder, so they do not accept the Arrow R20 keying.

The Arrow R20 RLX Series is storeroom function: the latchbolt is operated by the lever from either side except when the key outside locks the outside lever, and the inside lever is always free. On an opening that should never lock - a corridor, a hall, an unsecured closet - a passage lever is the right part instead. In Grade 2 cylindrical, the Falcon B101 is a non-handed Grade 2 medium duty passage lever, the Hager 2510 is a Grade 2 passage lever covering 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Design Hardware J75 is a Grade 2 flat-lever passage lockset for 1-3/4 inch doors. None of these take a cylinder, so pair them with the Arrow R20 only where the plan calls for secured and unsecured doors on the same corridor.

The Arrow R20 RLX Series is a Grade 2 commercial cylindrical leverset. The Grade 3 levers sit a step below it in the ANSI/BHMA grading: the Cal-Royal AUS00 is a Grade 3 entrance/office lever with a solid brass forged body for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, the Master Lock RL Series RL01 is a Grade 3 keyed entry return-style lever, and the Kwikset 200BRNL Breton is a Grade 3 passage lever for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Two things separate them from the Arrow R20 beyond the grade: none is storeroom function, and the Grade 3 door ranges top out at 1-3/4 inch where the Arrow R20 runs 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch. On a 2 inch commercial leaf the Grade 3 sets do not apply.

The Arrow R20 RLX Series is keyed with a single cylinder, so every user carries a key. To move that opening to a code instead, the Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with ADA compliance for 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch doors, the Lockey 2835DC adds a double combination on the same door range, and the Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set for 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch doors, with the 1150S offering an adjustable backset. On the electronic side, the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock, matching the Arrow R20 grade. The Lockey sets listed here are passage function, so they control entry by code rather than holding a keyed storeroom lockdown.

The Arrow R20 RLX Series is non-handed, so one part number works on a left or right hand door and there is nothing to specify. Most commercial cylindrical levers behave the same way - the Falcon B101 is called out as non-handed Grade 2 and the Falcon K101 as Grade 1 with non-handed levers. The exceptions in the decorative range are handed at the part number: the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy comes as a distinct left hand part and a distinct right hand part. If a job mixes an Arrow R20 on the active leaf with Baldwin half dummies elsewhere, the Arrow quantities are simple and the Baldwin quantities have to be split by hand.

No - these solve different openings. The Arrow R20 RLX Series is a complete cylindrical lock: it bores into the door, carries its own G71 deadlatch and 306 ASA ANSI strike, and mounts with wood and machine screws. Lever trim is the outside pull for a panic device already on the door and has no latch of its own. The Corbin Russwin 585F715 is a Grade 1 lock lever for the ED8000 pushpad exit device tied to the CL3300 Series, and the Imperial USA ED-EL500HD is a heavy duty escutcheon lever trim in entry function for the ED-500 Series. Order trim only when a matching exit device is already specified on that leaf.

626 satin chrome, the standard commercial finish that matches most existing lever hardware, closers, and exit devices in office and institutional buildings. If you are standardizing a floor of doors, 626 is the one that blends with what is already hung on most of them.

A dummy lever is trim only: it mounts a lever with no latch behind it, for an inactive leaf or a closet door held by a ball catch. The Arrow R20 RLX Series is a working storeroom lock with a G71 deadlatch and a 306 ASA ANSI strike, so it cannot serve that role. In commercial dummy trim, the BEST 7KC Series 1DT is a Grade 2 medium duty single dummy trim cylindrical lever and the BEST 9K Series 1DT is the Grade 1 heavy duty equivalent; the Accentra 455LN Augusta is a Grade 1 single dummy cylindrical lever in the 5400 Series, and the Callan Bentley is a Grade 2 dummy lever. Match the dummy on lever style, since it is doing nothing but looking like the lock next to it.

The Arrow R20 RLX Series is supplied in 626 satin chrome, the standard commercial finish for a Grade 2 cylindrical lever. Where the finish schedule calls for something warmer, the Bravura Miramar passage leverset with round trim is a Grade 2 lever in US4 satin brass, and the Callan Asheville is a Grade 3 passage leverset in satin nickel. Both are passage function rather than storeroom, so they solve the finish on an unsecured door but not on a secured one. For a secured opening that must match a non-chrome schedule, hold the function first and work the finish from the storeroom-function options.