Design Hardware Exit Alarm Kit for 1000 Series Exit Devices

No. The ALK-1000 is built for Design Hardware 1000 Series exit devices only. If your openings run a different series or another brand's device, this rail-mounted kit won't mount or line up, and you'd need the alarm kit made for that device family.

It runs on a 9 volt battery, included, with roughly a one year life. When the battery gets low the unit flashes red and chirps every 5 seconds, so your staff gets warning before it goes dead. No wiring or power run to the door is needed, which is why this is a common retrofit on existing 1000 Series devices.

They solve different halves of the problem. The Design Hardware ALK-1000 Exit Alarm Kit adds local audible annunciation to a 1000 Series exit device, sounding approximately 90 decibels at 15 feet, powered by an included 9 volt battery with roughly one year of life and a red flash plus chirp every 5 seconds when the battery is low. It does not provide a strike surface. For a pair of doors without a fixed astragal, the BEST Precision KR822689 key removable mullion gives you a 2 inch by 3 inch by 8 foot aluminum vertical member for the devices to latch into, and it can be removed with a key to open the full width. On an opening that needs both, the two are used together, not in place of each other.

Yes, if you run small format interchangeable cores. The kit's 1-3/8 inch mortise cylinder housing takes a 6 or 7 pin SFIC core and ships less core, so your locksmith drops in a core keyed to your existing system. If you don't run SFIC, the included 1-1/8 inch mortise cylinder comes pinned to a standard C keyway with two keys, which leaves the alarm on its own key.

Roughly 90 decibels measured at 15 feet. That is loud enough to be heard down a corridor or across a retail floor, which is the usual point of an exit alarm on a stock room, emergency egress, or loss-prevention door. It is a local audible alarm at the device, not a monitored signal back to a panel.

The ALK-1000 is an accessory kit, not a complete exit device. It's a replacement or add-on part for 1000 Series devices, so you keep the rail and latch that are already on the opening and add alarm function to them. If you need the device itself, order a 1000 Series exit device separately.

No. The Design Hardware ALK-1000 Exit Alarm Kit is built specifically for the 1000 Series exit device, and its 33 inch and 42 inch lengths correspond to standard and long 1000 Series devices. The Corbin Russwin 649F99 is a bottom rod and end pin assembly for the ED4000/ED5000 surface device family, so it serves a different device series and a different function entirely - it is a latching component, not an alarm module. Match exit device parts to the device series they were made for.

The ALK-1000 alarm kit won't fit a Corbin Russwin device. For Corbin Russwin surface vertical rod devices, the 649F99 bottom rod and end pin assembly covers ED4000 and ED5000 Series. If you are trying to secure a pair of doors instead, the BEST Precision KR822689 key removable mullion is a 2 x 3 inch by 8 foot aluminum mullion.

The ALK-1000 is rated standard duty. It suits typical commercial back-of-house, stockroom, and emergency egress doors on 1000 Series devices. For an opening cycling constantly all day, weigh whether a standard duty accessory matches the rest of your hardware spec.

No - those are mechanical components of entirely different lock types. The Design Hardware ALK-1000 Exit Alarm Kit is a replacement and add-on accessory for 1000 Series exit devices that includes a 1-1/8 inch mortise cylinder with standard cam, 6 pin brass C keyway with 2 keys, and is also offered with a 1-3/8 inch mortise cylinder housing for a 6 or 7 pin small format interchangeable core, less core. The Corbin Russwin 499F83-8 is a door spindle for the ML2000 mortise lock series, and the Corbin Russwin 693F20-8 is an ANSI strike bolt, less front, for the DL3000 deadlock series with a 2-3/8 inch backset. Neither produces an audible alarm or fits an exit device.