Imperial USA ED-EL500HD Heavy Duty Escutcheon Lever Trim Entry Function

The ED-EL500HD is escutcheon lever trim for an exit device, not a complete lockset. It mounts on the outside of a door that already has a panic device on the pull side, and the lever plus cylinder give you keyed entry from outside. The exit device itself does the latching. If you need a standalone lock for a door with no panic hardware, a cylindrical lever lock like the Hager 2525 entry lock is the part to buy instead.

It is built for the Imperial USA ED-900 Series exit devices, specifically the rim device configuration. It is not a universal trim, so if the device on your door is another brand or another Imperial series, this plate will not line up with the existing prep.

Handing is not a factor. The ED-EL500HD is non-handed, so one part covers both left and right hand openings and you do not need to know the swing before you order.

It uses a 6-pin Schlage C keyway, which is the most widely keyed commercial keyway in North America. If your building is already mastered in Schlage C, this trim keys into that system. Buildings on a restricted or proprietary keyway will need the cylinder swapped by your locksmith.

The ED-EL500HD carries ADA certification, and the lever design is what gets it there - no tight grasping or wrist twisting to operate. That matters on any door in an accessible route, which in most commercial and institutional buildings is the majority of them.

No. The ED-EL500HD is made for the Imperial USA ED-900 Series and matches that device's prep and tailpiece. For a Corbin Russwin pushpad device, the trim built for it is the Corbin Russwin 585F715 Grade 1 lock lever, which fits doors 1-3/4 to 2 inches thick. Mixing trim across brands almost always means redrilling the door.

The nearest peer is the Corbin Russwin 585F715, a Grade 1 lock lever built as trim for the ED8000 pushpad exit device and drawn from the CL3300 cylindrical lock series. Both are outside lever trim that mounts to a pushpad exit device rather than a standalone lockset, and both carry a Grade 1 rating. The ED-EL500HD is the entry function trim for the ED-900 series and takes a 6-pin Schlage C cylinder; the 585F715 is listed for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch thick. Match the trim to the exit device family already on the door, since exit device trim is device-specific.

No. The Dexter C1000 Entry/Office is a Grade 1 cylindrical lever lock for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, meaning it is the complete latching lock in the door. The Imperial USA ED-EL500HD is escutcheon lever trim for an ED-900 series exit device, so it has no latch of its own and relies on the panic device for latching. On an opening that already has a rim exit device, the ED-EL500HD is the part that goes on; the C1000 is for an opening where the cylindrical lock itself is being replaced.

The Cal-Royal AG00 entrance lever uses a 6-pin Schlage C keyway with a 2-3/8 inch backset and fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, so it can be keyed into the same Schlage C system as the Imperial USA ED-EL500HD trim. The Cal-Royal AG03 classroom lever is the same AG series with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway and a 2-3/4 inch backset. Either lets a facility on a Schlage C system keep one key across exit-device openings and standard cylindrical openings.

Entry function means the outside lever is controlled by the key: unlock it with the key and the lever retracts the latch, lock it and the lever is dead and the door only opens by key or from the inside push bar. Egress from inside is never affected, since the exit device always releases. For a door that should stay permanently key-only from outside, you want storeroom function rather than entry.

It is a Grade 1, heavy duty trim rated for commercial use, which is the top ANSI/BHMA durability tier and the right specification for a school, retail entry, or any door seeing constant public traffic. Grade 2 and Grade 3 levers, like the Cal-Royal AG05 storeroom lever or the Grade 3 Callan Artino entrance leverset, are aimed at lighter duty openings.

One finish only: US26D brushed chrome, also called satin chrome. That is the default commercial finish on most exit devices, closers, and hinges in office, school, and healthcare buildings, so it will normally match an existing US26D fleet. If your openings are in bronze or brass, this trim will not blend.

Yes, that's exactly what the ED-EL500HD is. It is the outside escutcheon and lever assembly for an ED-900 Series rim device, so a snapped lever or worn trim can be replaced without touching the push bar, the latch, or the strike. The device on the pull side stays in place.

Skip the trim and buy a cylindrical lever lock. The ED-EL500HD only works as trim on an Imperial ED-900 exit device. For a keyed commercial opening without panic hardware, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical lock covers 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch doors, and the Dexter C1000 entry/office lever is a Grade 1 option for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors.

They solve different problems. The Accentra 107S is a Grade 1 Schlage cylinder adapter kit that lets Yale hardware accept a Schlage cylinder. The Imperial USA ED-EL500HD is the lever trim itself, entry function for the ED-900 series, already built around a 6-pin Schlage C cylinder. Buy the 107S when existing Yale hardware needs to move onto a Schlage keyway; buy the ED-EL500HD when the exit device needs outside lever trim.

For a non-keyed opening, the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical passage lock with non-handed levers, fire rated, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch thick, and the Falcon T101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage lever in the T series. Both are always-free passage sets with no cylinder. The Imperial USA ED-EL500HD is a keyed entry function trim with a 6-pin Schlage C cylinder, so it is the choice when the outside lever must be locked and released by key.

Only if the opening is losing its exit device. The Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 commercial cylindrical entry lock with a lever handle for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick, and it latches on its own. The Imperial USA ED-EL500HD is Grade 1 entry trim that works through an ED-900 series exit device. On a door that must keep free egress through a panic device, the trim is the correct part and a cylindrical entry lock is not interchangeable with it.

The Imperial USA ED-EL500HD is an ADA rated, non-handed lever trim on a Schlage C keyway. For storerooms in the same facility, the Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever lockset with a deadlocking latchbolt for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Arrow MK33-BD-CS is a Grade 2 heavy duty asylum function lock cut to a Schlage C keyway. The Dexter C1000 classroom is a Grade 1 clutching keyed lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch where classroom function is required.

The trim is built around a 6-pin Schlage C cylinder and ships keyed. Locksmiths standardizing a property usually pull the factory cylinder anyway and drop in one from their own Schlage C stock so the door falls under the existing master. Either way, the cylinder prep is 6-pin Schlage C, so any conventional cylinder in that keyway fits.