Dexter C1000 Series - Grade 1 Storeroom Cylindrical Lever Lock, Clutching, Keyed

No handing to specify. The C1000 storeroom lever is non-handed, so one part number covers left and right hand doors and inswing or outswing. That matters if you are buying for a building and want a single line item you can stock and drop on any opening.

Depends what is in the frame now. The C1000 comes with the C1000-ACLS ANSI 1-1/4 x 4-7/8 inch curved lip strike, which is the full ANSI frame prep. If your frame already has that ANSI cutout, the lock drops in. If your frame carries a small T-strike or a residential round-corner strike, the frame will need to be prepped for the ANSI strike or the existing strike reused only if the deadlatch plunger lands on the strike face and not in the opening. The latch faceplate itself is 1 x 2-1/4 inches.

Storeroom means the outside lever is always locked and only the key retracts the latch. The inside lever always retracts for free egress, and there is no button or thumbturn to leave the door unsecured by accident. That is ANSI/BHMA F86, the function specified for mechanical rooms, IT closets, stock rooms, and any door that must never be left unlocked by the last person out. It is a single cylinder lock, so the key works from the outside only.

Yes, if you order the SFIC prep less core version. That variant arrives prepped for a small format interchangeable core and no core supplied, so your locksmith drops in the core off your existing keying system. The alternative is the KDC conventional cylinder, a 6-pin Schlage C keyway, keyed different, which is the choice when you are not running an IC system. Both cylinder options are available in 613 oil-rubbed bronze and 626 satin chrome and with either the curved or the regular clutching lever.

The C1000 is a Grade 1 commercial lock, the top ANSI/BHMA cylindrical rating and what institutional specs normally call for on corridor and stock room doors. Grade 2 storeroom levers we carry, such as the Cal-Royal AG05 and the Hager 2580 with the Withnell lever, are the lighter-duty step down and are more common in light commercial and multi-family than in a hospital or school. If your drawing says Grade 1 storeroom, the Grade 2 sets will not meet it.

The conventional cylinder version of the C1000 uses a 6-pin Schlage C keyway, so it is on the same keyway family as your existing Schlage C doors and a locksmith can pin it to your master system. It ships keyed different, meaning each lock arrives on its own key, so plan on having them keyed alike or master keyed to your chart before install.

No. The C1000 covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors and will not reach on a 2 inch leaf. For a thicker door, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 cylindrical lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch, and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 Grade 1 lever covers 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch. Both are passage function though, so if you need storeroom keying on a 2 inch door, specify the thickness at the time of order rather than assuming the standard chassis fits.

Within the commercial cylindrical lever locks stocked alongside it, the Dexter C1000 storeroom is the Grade 1 storeroom lever; the Cal-Royal AG05 storeroom lever lockset and the Hager 2580 storeroom lever with Withnell trim are both storeroom function but Grade 2. The Cal-Royal AG05 covers doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, the same door range the C1000 carries, and the Hager 2580 covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. If the specification calls out ANSI/BHMA Grade 1 for a storeroom opening, the C1000 is the one that meets it; if the job accepts Grade 2, either the AG05 or the 2580 will keep the storeroom function.

A storeroom lever like the Dexter C1000 keeps the outside lever locked at all times and is opened by key, which is more lock than a corridor or closet door needs. For an opening that only has to latch, the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 passage cylindrical lock with non-handed levers, fire rated, covering doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch, and the Falcon T101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage lever. The Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant passage/closet lever, fire rated, for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch, and the Design Hardware X75 is a Grade 1 passage lever for 1-3/4 inch doors. All four hold Grade 1 without a cylinder to key.

No. The Dexter C1000 is storeroom function: the outside lever stays locked and a key retracts the latch, with no way to leave it unlocked. The Cal-Royal AG03 classroom lever is a Grade 2 classroom function on a 2-3/4 inch backset with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway, keyed different - classroom function is keyed from the outside to lock and unlock the lever, so it can be left free during occupied hours. Both use the same Schlage C keyway family, so they can share a key system, but they behave differently at the door and should not be swapped for one another on a spec.

The Dexter C1000 storeroom lever is built for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, so a 2 inch door is outside its range. For thicker leaves, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch, and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 Grade 1 passage/closet lever covers 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch, as does the Corbin Russwin CL33903 Grade 1 electrified lever. Those are passage and electrified functions rather than storeroom, so match the function to the opening before ordering against a thickness alone.

On the C1000 the outside lever spins free when the lock is secured instead of standing rigid. Someone leaning on it or yanking it turns the lever and gets nothing, so the force never reaches the chassis or the spindle. On high-traffic and abused openings, dorms, schools, tenant corridors, that is what stops droopy levers and broken retractors. Both lever shapes offered here, the curved and the regular, are clutching.

Cylindrical is the right call when the door is already bored, or is a new hollow metal or wood door with standard 161 prep, and you want a lock that installs in minutes with a chassis through the cross bore. It is the volume workhorse for corridor and storeroom doors. Go mortise instead when the door is already mortise prepped, when you need a deadbolt and latch in one case, or when the spec calls for trim options a bored lock cannot carry. Swapping between the two means new door prep, so let the existing prep decide.

For a matched Grade 1 set across a run of doors, the peers we stock include the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage cylindrical lock, the Falcon T101 Grade 1 heavy duty passage lever, the Corbin Russwin CL3110 Grade 1 vandal resistant passage lever, the Design Hardware X75 Grade 1 flat lever passage set, and the BEST 9K Series 1DT Grade 1 single dummy trim for doors that need trim only. Trim styles will not match the Dexter lever exactly across brands, so if visual match matters more than mixing grades, keep the whole corridor in one series.

No. The C1000 is a mechanical key-operated storeroom lock with no electrical option, so it only unlocks with a key at the door. For remote release on a cylindrical opening, the Corbin Russwin CL33903 is an electrified Grade 1 cylindrical lever at 12VAC/DC in a fail safe configuration, covering 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors. Fail safe means the outside lever unlocks when power drops, which is the behaviour you want on an egress path but the opposite of what you want on a stock room.

Storeroom function on the Dexter C1000 gives no inside control - the outside lever is permanently locked and only a key retracts it. Where an occupant needs to secure the room from inside or leave it open, an entrance or office function fits better: the Falcon B511CP6D is a Grade 2 cylindrical lever with entry/office function, the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 commercial entry lever covering doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Cal-Royal AUS00 is a Grade 3 entrance/office lever with a solid brass forged body for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. Each of those adds outside-lever control that storeroom function does not have.

It changes how the door is credentialed. The Dexter C1000 storeroom lever is keyed with a single cylinder and takes either a 6-pin conventional Schlage C cylinder or an SFIC prep less core, so it joins an existing key system. The Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever with passage function for doors 1-3/16 inch to 2 inch, the Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination and passage function for doors 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock. Those run on a code rather than a key, so they will not key alike to the rest of a facility's cylinders the way the C1000 will.

Only where nothing has to latch. The Dexter C1000 storeroom lever is a keyed cylindrical lock with a deadlatch and an ANSI curved lip strike. A dummy has no latch and no cylinder at all - the BEST 9K Series 1DT is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy trim lever, the Accentra 455LN Augusta is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy, and the BEST 7KC 1DT is a Grade 2 medium duty single dummy. Use a dummy for a pull-only leaf; if the leaf still has to latch and be keyed, it needs the storeroom lock.

The Dexter C1000 is a lever trim storeroom lock on a 2-3/4 inch backset. For knob trim on a similar secured utility opening, the Arrow MK33-BD-CS is a Grade 2 heavy duty asylum/institution/utility cylindrical lock with a ball knob and a conventional cylinder in the Schlage C keyway, and the Arrow HK11-BB is a turn-pushbutton entrance cylindrical lock with a ball knob and conventional cylinder for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. Both use knob trim, which does not meet the ADA lever-operation requirement that lever trim satisfies, so confirm the facility's accessibility requirements before substituting knob for lever.

No - storeroom function on the Dexter C1000 locks from the outside and is released by key, with no thumbturn for the occupant. A privacy function is the correct choice there: the Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 privacy cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever mounts on a 5048 rose, and the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton is a Grade 3 privacy lever set for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. Privacy locks are meant to be released from inside by the occupant, which storeroom function does not do.

The Dexter C1000 is a commercial Grade 1 lever lock. The Kwikset 200BRNL Breton passage lever and the Callan Asheville passage leverset are Grade 3, as is the Master Lock BC Series keyed entry lever in the RL Series, and the Callan Artino and Bennett entrance leversets are also Grade 3. Grade 3 is the lightest of the three ANSI/BHMA cycle and strength tiers and Grade 1 the heaviest, so on a high-traffic commercial opening written to Grade 1 those are not equivalent substitutions.

Both keep the outside lever locked and release by key. The Dexter C1000 is Grade 1 storeroom on a 2-3/4 inch backset with a 1 inch by 2-1/4 inch latch faceplate, non-handed, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. The Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever lockset with a deadlocking latchbolt on the same 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch door range, and the Hager 2580 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever with Withnell trim covering 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Standardizing on one grade across a facility keeps the cycle rating consistent; mixing them means two service tiers on the same key system.

They serve different door setups. The Dexter C1000 is a cylindrical bored lock that installs into a standard 2-3/4 inch backset bore. The Corbin Russwin 585F715 is a Grade 1 lock lever for the ED8000 pushpad exit device and the CL3300 cylindrical lock series, sized for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch, and the Imperial USA ED-EL500HD is a heavy duty escutcheon lever trim with entry function in the ED-500 Series. Those are trim that mounts to an exit device, not standalone bored locks, so they only apply where a pushpad device is already on the door.

Two finishes are offered on the C1000 storeroom lever: 613 oil-rubbed bronze and 626 satin chrome. 626 is the standard commercial finish you will find on most institutional and MRO openings and the one to pick when matching existing corridor hardware. 613 is the darker bronze used where the finish is on show. Both finishes are available with either lever design and with either the conventional Schlage C cylinder or the SFIC prep.