Bravura Charlotte with Square Trim Dummy Leverset, Grade 2

A dummy lever has no latch and no moving mechanism. The Bravura Charlotte dummy leverset mounts straight to the door face as a pull, used as the counterpart to a working lever on the inactive leaf of a pair, or on a closet or pantry door held shut by a ball catch or roller catch. If you need the door to latch on its own, a dummy is the wrong function; a passage lever is what you want there.

Backset doesn't apply, because a dummy lever has no latch running into the door edge. Handing isn't a concern either: the Charlotte is reversible, so the same lever serves a left or right hand door. That also means it doesn't drop into an existing 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch bored prep the way a working lockset does; it surface mounts to the door face.

The Charlotte lever with square trim comes in five finishes: US19 Black, US15 Satin Nickel, US10B Oil Rubbed Bronze, US26 Polished Chrome, and US4 Satin Brass. Order the dummy in the same finish as the working Charlotte levers elsewhere in the unit and the trim shape and lever profile line up across the openings. That's the usual reason to buy a dummy in the first place, so the closet door reads the same as the bedroom door beside it.

It's a residential product. The Charlotte is built to Grade 2 on its internal mechanics but is catalogued for residential use, which suits single-family, condo, and light multi-family interiors. For a commercial corridor or a school, go heavy duty: the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim is a Grade 1 heavy duty dummy, and the BEST 7KC Series single dummy trim is the Grade 2 medium duty step below it.

The Bravura Charlotte square trim leverset is a Grade 2 dummy in a residential build. For a heavy duty commercial pull-side opening, the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim cylindrical lever lock is a Grade 1 non-keyed heavy duty dummy, and the Accentra 455LN Augusta is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy cylindrical lever lock in the 5400 Series. Both give the same no-latch dummy function at a Grade 1 duty level for corridor and institutional traffic.

The Charlotte square trim leverset is a dummy, which has no latch and is used where a latch is not needed or as the counterpart to a functioning lever. For a latching hall or closet door, the Accentra 5301LN Augusta is a Grade 2 passage cylindrical lever lock, the Hager 2510 is a Grade 2 passage cylindrical lever with the Withnell design for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 medium duty passage lever with a non-handed design. For a bed or bath door, the Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 privacy cylindrical lock with a Withnell lever.

The Bravura Charlotte is reversible, so one part number serves either hand. Baldwin's Estate 5103 half dummy is handed instead - the 5103 left hand half dummy with 5048 rose and the 5103 right hand half dummy with 5048 rose are separate part numbers, so the hand has to be determined at the door before ordering. Emtek also supplies dummy trim in pairs rather than singles: the Arts and Crafts lever dummy pair, the Hammered lever dummy pair, and the Classic Brass Cortina lever dummy pair each cover both faces of the door.

The Bravura Charlotte square trim leverset is a Grade 2 dummy built for residential use, and a dummy has no latch to hold a door closed. For an opening where a fire rating is called out on the drawing, the Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant passage cylindrical lever lock with a fire rating for 1-3/4 to 2 inch doors, and the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty non-handed passage lock with a fire rating for 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch doors.

Solid brass. That matters on a dummy more than people expect, because a dummy lever is a pull, it takes hand contact and pulling load all day with no latch mechanism sharing it. Solid brass also holds the plated finishes, including US4 Satin Brass and US10B Oil Rubbed Bronze, better than a cast pot metal lever under the same traffic.

The Charlotte dummy is a single lever, which is what most jobs need: one side of a closet door or the inactive leaf of a pair. If you need both faces of a door dressed, order two, or look at a dummy sold as a pair, such as the Emtek Arts & Crafts lever dummy pair or the Emtek Classic Cortina lever dummy pair. Baldwin also splits handing on its half dummies, the Estate 5103 comes as a left hand and a right hand version, so those have to be ordered to the side you're covering.

The dummy has no latch at all, so it can't serve a door that needs to stay closed on its own. Match it with a working function in the same finish for those openings. If you're buying across brands, the Accentra 5301LN Augusta is a Grade 2 passage cylindrical lever, and the Callan Bentley is another Grade 2 dummy if you need a second dummy elsewhere in the same job.

On grade and function, the Callan Bentley Grade 2 dummy lever is the direct match, same Grade 2, same dummy function. The Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy with the 5048 rose is the decorative equivalent if you want a heavier residential look, though Baldwin hands it left or right. Step up to Grade 1 and it's the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim. The differences are duty level and trim style, not what the part does.

Baldwin's Estate 5103 with the 5048 rose is offered across functions - a half dummy in left and right hand, a passage lever, and a privacy lever - so a single lever design covers the closet, the bedroom and the inactive leaf. Callan runs the same idea across series: the Bentley Grade 2 dummy lever pairs with the Asheville Grade 3 passage leverset and the Artino Grade 3 entrance leverset. The Bravura Charlotte itself is the dummy function in Grade 2.

They serve different functions. The Bravura Charlotte square trim leverset is a Grade 2 dummy - solid brass, reversible, no latch. The Cal-Royal AUS00 is a Grade 3 entrance/office lever lock with a solid brass forged body for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Kwikset 200BRNL RDT Breton is a Grade 3 passage lever set for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors. Both of those bore a latch into the door edge, so neither drops into a prep intended for dummy trim.

A dummy lever is fixed trim, so it cannot carry a code. Where credential entry is wanted on a lever, the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock, the Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with passage function and ADA compliance for 1-3/16 to 2 inch doors, and the Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination and passage function for 1-1/8 to 2 inch doors.