Bravura Charlotte with Rectangle Trim Dummy Leverset, Grade 2

A dummy lever is a fixed pull. The Charlotte dummy leverset has no latch and no working mechanism behind it, so it mounts to the door face and stays put when you push down on it. Use it where the door is held closed by something else (a ball catch, a roller catch, a magnetic catch) or on the inactive leaf of a pair. You do not bore for a latch and you do not order a strike with it.

No. The Charlotte dummy has no latchbolt, so it will not hold a door shut on its own. For a closet or hall door that needs to catch, you want a passage function instead, such as the Callan Asheville Grade 3 passage leverset or the Hager 2510 Grade 2 passage lever. Keep the dummy for the fixed side.

Reversible, so a single Charlotte dummy works left or right hand without ordering a specific hand. That matters on a French pair or a double closet where you want the two levers to mirror each other. Compare that with the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy, which is ordered as a distinct left hand or right hand part.

It is a residential product. The Charlotte exceeds ANSI Grade 2 standards on the internal mechanics, but it is specified residential, which puts it in homes, condo interiors, and multi family unit interiors rather than commercial corridors. For a commercial opening, the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim is a Grade 1 heavy duty dummy, and the BEST 7KC Series 1DT is the Grade 2 medium duty version.

The Callan Bentley is a Grade 2 dummy lever, which matches the Bravura Charlotte dummy leverset on both function and grade. Both are non-latching levers used where a handle is needed for pull or appearance but no bolt is required, and both carry a Grade 2 rating. The difference is the trim design and series - Charlotte carries a rectangle trim, Bentley is Callan's own lever shape - so the choice comes down to matching the look of the other doors in the unit.

The Bravura Charlotte dummy leverset is a Grade 2 residential lever. For a commercial corridor or a heavy-traffic institutional door, the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim is a Grade 1 heavy duty non-keyed dummy, and the BEST 7KC Series single dummy trim is a Grade 2 medium duty dummy. The Accentra 455LN Augusta is also a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy cylindrical lever in the 5400 Series. All three perform the same non-latching dummy function; they differ in rated duty level.

The Bravura Charlotte with rectangle trim is a dummy function lever, a counterpart to functioning hardware or for use where a latch is not needed. When the door has to hold shut, a passage lever is the equivalent non-keyed part: the Accentra 5301LN Augusta is a Grade 2 passage/closet cylindrical lever, the Accentra 4601LN with Augusta trim is a Grade 2 passage lever, and the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 medium duty passage lever with a non-handed design. Each matches the Charlotte's Grade 2 rating while adding a latch.

Yes, order two. The Charlotte dummy is sold as a single trim, so a pair of doors or a two sided application takes two of them in the same finish. If you would rather buy a pair in one line, the Emtek Arts and Crafts and Emtek Cortina dummy leversets are catalogued as pairs.

Five finishes: US10B Oil Rubbed Bronze, US15 Satin Nickel, US19 Black, US4 Satin Brass, and US26 Polished Chrome. Those are the standard BHMA finish codes, so if the passage and privacy hardware already on your doors is called out by the same code, the dummy will read as a match. There is no lacquered or antique variant beyond those five.

Trim style and duty class. The Charlotte is a residential Grade 2 lever on a rectangular rose, chosen for how it looks alongside the rest of a home's hardware. A Grade 1 commercial dummy trim like the BEST 9K Series 1DT is heavy duty and built to sit in a line of institutional locks that share a common rose and lever design. If the rest of the openings in the building are commercial cylindrical locks, match the commercial family; if the rest of the house is decorative residential trim, the Charlotte is the one that matches.

Yes, it is the same Charlotte lever design with rectangle trim, so it lines up visually with other Charlotte function hardware on adjacent openings as long as you order the same finish code. That is the usual reason to buy a dummy: the inactive leaf or the closet needs to look identical to the door beside it that actually locks.

They are not interchangeable without checking handing. The Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy is sold as a specific hand - there is a left hand half dummy and a separate right hand half dummy, each with the 5048 rose. The Bravura Charlotte is described as reversible, so one part serves either hand. If a Baldwin half dummy is being replaced, the hand of the original determines which of the two Baldwin part numbers matches, while the Charlotte does not require that call.

Dummy levers are commonly bought in pairs for double doors, one per leaf. The Bravura Charlotte dummy leverset is ordered by finish across five options, including US10B Oil Rubbed Bronze and US15 Satin Nickel, so a pair means two units in the same finish. Where a single part number covers both leaves, Emtek sells dummy pairs outright - the Arts & Crafts lever dummy pair and the Classic Brass Cortina lever dummy pair are each a dummy function pair under one SKU.

A dummy lever such as the Bravura Charlotte has no latch and cannot lock, so it does not suit a bath or bedroom. For those openings the privacy function is the match: the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever uses the same 5048 rose as the 5103 family, the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton privacy lever set is Grade 3 for door thicknesses of 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch, and the Arrow MK02-TA is a privacy cylindrical lock with a Tudor knob and a fire rating.

The Charlotte dummy has no cylinder - a dummy lever is a counterpart to functioning hardware and does not latch or key. For a keyed opening in the same residential-through-light-commercial range, the Cal-Royal AG00 entrance lever is Grade 2 with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway keyed different and a 2-3/8 inch backset, and the Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom lockset with a deadlocking latchbolt. The Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 commercial cylindrical entry lock for doors 1-3/8 to 2 inches thick.

Not on a dummy opening. The Charlotte is a dummy lever with no latch, while the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock and the Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with passage function and ADA compliance for doors 1-3/16 to 2 inches thick. Those are access-control locks that operate a latch and need the door prepped for one. Where a keypad goes on the active leaf, the Charlotte dummy is still the correct part for the inactive leaf that needs a matching handle only.

The Charlotte dummy is a single-function part in the Charlotte series with rectangle trim, offered in five finishes including US19 Black, US4 Satin Brass and US26 Polished Chrome. If a single trim across every function matters more than the Charlotte lever shape, the Baldwin Estate 5103 family covers all of them on the 5048 rose - passage, privacy, and left and right hand half dummy - so the same lever appears on the closet, the bath, and the inactive leaf.

Solid brass construction, with internals built past ANSI Grade 2. On a dummy there is no lock mechanism to wear out, so the wear point is the mounting and the lever casting, and solid brass is what you want there rather than a hollow zinc lever. That makes it reasonable for a landlord standardizing closet and French door pulls across units.

The Charlotte carries a Grade 2 rating on its internal mechanics. Below that, the Grade 3 leversets cover light interior duty: the Callan Asheville is a Grade 3 passage leverset in satin nickel, and the Kwikset 200BRNL Breton passage lever set is Grade 3 for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors. Both of those latch rather than run as a dummy, so on a closet door where nothing needs to hold shut the Charlotte or the Grade 2 Callan Bentley dummy remains the like-for-like part.