Dexter C2000 Series - Grade 2 Single Dummy Lever Trim

A single dummy is trim only. There's no latch, no bore-through spindle, and nothing that retracts. The lever is fixed to the rose and mounts to one face of the door as a pull. In the C2000 line every other function ships with a latch (the non-dummy functions get a 1-1/8 x 2-1/4 inch square-corner beveled latch on a 2-3/4 inch backset with the ANSI 1-1/4 x 4-7/8 inch curved lip strike), but dummy is the explicit exception. If the door needs to latch shut, order a passage function instead.

Non-handed, so one part number covers a left hand or right hand door and you don't specify hand on the order. That matters on a fleet: a property manager stocking dummies for closet and pantry doors across a building carries one item rather than a left and a right. Compare that to something like the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy, which is ordered as a distinct left hand or right hand part.

Yes, the C2000 covers 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors as standard, which takes in both the 1-3/4 inch commercial leaf and the thinner 1-3/8 inch interior door common in older buildings and apartments. Above 1-3/4 inches you're outside the range.

It will if the rest of the openings are C2000 leversets. The dummy is built as C2000 lever trim in the same three finishes as the family, 605 bright brass, 613 oil-rubbed bronze and 626 satin chrome, and in the same two lever shapes, curved and regular, both non-clutching. Pick the finish and lever design that match the working locks and the inactive leaf reads identically. If your other doors are a different series or brand, the rose and lever profile won't line up, and you'd want the dummy from that family instead.

Dummy trim goes on the inactive leaf of a pair of doors, on a closet or pantry door held shut by a ball catch or magnetic catch, and on French doors where the second leaf is pinned at head and sill. It's a pull that matches the working hardware. Passage function is what you want if the door needs a latch to hold it closed against a strike. In the same non-keyed family the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 cylindrical passage lever if that's the function you actually need.

A dummy lever is pull-only trim with no latch, so it will not hold a door closed. For a latching but non-keyed opening, the Accentra 5301LN Augusta is a Grade 2 cylindrical lever with passage/closet function, the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 medium duty cylindrical passage lever, and the Hager 2510 is a Grade 2 passage cylindrical lever. All three latch and release with the lever; the Dexter C2000 single dummy lever trim does not.

Staying at Grade 2, the BEST 7KC Series single dummy trim cylindrical lever lock is a Grade 2 medium duty non-keyed dummy, and the Callan Bentley is a Grade 2 dummy lever. Both match the Dexter C2000 single dummy lever trim on grade and on dummy function, so the choice comes down to lever design and finish.

They cover the same job but not the same handing. The Dexter C2000 single dummy lever trim is non-handed, so one part covers either side of the opening. The Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy is ordered as a left hand or a right hand part, meaning the hand has to be established before the order goes in. Both are dummy function trim.

The Dexter C2000 single dummy lever trim covers doors from 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. For thicker leaves, the Hager 2510 passage lever covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch, and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 passage lock covers 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch. Those three are latching passage locks rather than dummy trim.

Dummy trim carries no latch, so it is not the part for a rated door that has to latch. Among non-keyed levers, the Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant passage lever carrying a fire rating, and the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage lock carrying a fire rating. Keep the Dexter C2000 single dummy lever trim for openings that only need a pull.

Dummy trim is non-keyed and does not secure anything. For a locking Grade 2 lever, the Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever lockset with a deadlocking latchbolt, the Hager 2580 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever, and the Falcon B511CP6D is a Grade 2 medium duty entry/office lever. All three secure the door; the Dexter C2000 single dummy lever trim does not.

It's rated Grade 2 and catalogued for commercial use, which suits offices, multi-family corridors, and light to moderate institutional traffic. A dummy carries no latch mechanism, so the grade is really about the trim, the rose fastening and the lever finish holding up. For a high-abuse opening where you want the dummy to match Grade 1 working hardware, the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim is a Grade 1 heavy duty non-keyed alternative, and the BEST 7KC Series 1DT is the Grade 2 medium duty version of the same idea.

No cylinder and no keyway. The C2000 dummy is non-keyed trim with a fixed lever, so there is nothing to key into a master system and no cylinder to swap. If you're building a keyed opening in the C2000 family, that's a keyed function, not this one.

A single dummy is one lever for one face of the door, which is what the C2000 single dummy trim is. French doors and the inactive leaf of a pair usually need trim on both faces, so you either order two singles or a pair item. Several dummy leversets are sold as a pair outright, the Emtek Arts and Crafts and Cortina dummies among them. Count faces before you order: one closet door that only opens from the corridor takes one lever, an inactive leaf you touch from both rooms takes two.

Yes. The C2000 is a 2-3/4 inch backset lockset, so a door prepped for the working C2000 functions is prepped correctly here too, and the dummy simply leaves the latch bore and the 1 x 2-1/4 inch faceplate mortise unused. That's the usual case when someone converts an active leaf to inactive: the crossbore stays, the edge prep gets a filler or a blank plate, and the dummy mounts on the existing 2-1/8 inch crossbore centreline. On a brand new inactive door you don't need edge prep at all.

They sit at different grades. The Dexter C2000 single dummy lever trim is Grade 2 and specified as commercial. The Kwikset 200BRNL Breton passage lever and the Callan Asheville passage leverset are Grade 3 passage levers, which latch rather than serving as dummy trim. If the specification calls for Grade 2 dummy trim, the Grade 3 passage sets do not answer it.

Several lever parts are close in appearance and wrong in function. The Corbin Russwin 585F715 is a Grade 1 lock lever for the ED8000 pushpad exit device, so it is exit device trim rather than a bored lever. The Imperial USA ED-EL500HD is a heavy duty escutcheon lever trim with entry function. The Accentra 107S is a Schlage cylinder adapter kit for Yale hardware. The Dexter C2000 single dummy lever trim is non-keyed bored lever trim for a 2-3/4 inch backset prep.

A privacy set is the part for a door that has to hold shut with a thumbturn. The Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 privacy cylindrical lock with a Withnell lever, the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever is offered with the 5048 rose, and the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton is a Grade 3 privacy lever set. The Dexter C2000 single dummy lever trim is dummy function and does not latch or lock.

Yes, that is the usual pairing - dummy trim on the inactive leaf or closet, passage sets on the doors that latch. Grade 2 passage levers available for that build include the Accentra 4601LN with Augusta trim, the Arrow GL01 with Sierra lever, and the Design Hardware J75 flat lever. The Dexter C2000 single dummy lever trim comes in bright brass, oil-rubbed bronze, and satin chrome for finish matching.

On a working lockset a clutching lever spins free when locked so force on the handle doesn't reach the latch. Non-clutching levers are rigidly connected. On a dummy there's no latch to protect, so both C2000 lever designs, curved and regular, are non-clutching and the lever simply doesn't move. It's worth knowing if you're matching a dummy to clutch-type working trim elsewhere in the building, because the levers will feel different in the hand.

Dummy trim on the inactive leaf carries no latching function, so the fire assembly rating rides on the flush bolts, the closer and the door and frame, not on the dummy. Where you want the dummy to match Grade 1 heavy duty working hardware on the active leaf, the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim is the Grade 1 non-keyed equivalent. Stay with the C2000 dummy where the active leaf is Grade 2 and you want the trim to match.