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Falcon W511 Grade 2 Entry/Office Cylindrical Lever Lock
The Falcon W511 Grade 2 cylindrical lever lock delivers reliable entrance/office function for commercial applications requiring medium-duty performance. Designed for door thickness 1-3/8" to 1-3/4" with a standard 2-3/4" backset, this non-handed lock accepts interchangeable cores for fast re-keying and meets ANSI/BHMA A156.2 Series 4000 Grade 2 standards. UL listed for 3-hour fire door applications with heavy-duty torsion springs to prevent lever sag.
Key Features
- Door Compatibility: Fits door thickness 1-3/8" to 1-3/4" with standard 2-3/4" backset.
- Grade 2 Construction: ANSI/BHMA A156.2 Series 4000 Grade 2 certified for reliable commercial performance.
- Heavy-Duty Torsion Springs: Prevent lever sag and maintain consistent operation over the lock's service life.
- Non-Handed Design: Installs on any door without field disassembly for re-handing.
- Interchangeable Core System: Compatible with SFIC and conventional 6-pin cylinders; cores from other manufacturers accepted for flexible key management.
- 3-Hour Fire Rating: UL listed for 3-hour fire door applications with A label certification.
- Stainless Steel Latch: 1/2" throw with self-adjusting fronts to accommodate beveled or flat doors.
- 10-Year Limited Warranty: Manufacturer-backed coverage for commercial installations.
Technical Specifications
- ANSI/BHMA: A156.2 Series 4000 Grade 2
- Function Code: F109
- Backset: 2-3/4"
- Door Thickness: 1-3/8" to 1-3/4"
- Duty Level: Medium Duty
- Grade: Grade 2
- Lock Function: Entrance/Office
- Lock Type: Cylindrical
- Handle Type: Lever
- Keyed Function: Single Cylinder
- Cylinder and Keyways: G Keyway
- Door Hand Direction: Non-Handed
- Standard Latch: 1/2" Throw
- Standard Strike: ANSI 1-1/4" x 4-7/8" Curved Lip
- Series: W Series
- Model: W511
Installation Overview
- Verify door preparation: thickness 1-3/8" to 1-3/4", backset 2-3/4".
- Use manufacturer templates to mark mounting hole locations on door and frame.
- Drill and rout required holes per manufacturer instructions.
- Install mounting hardware and secure to door and frame per torque specifications.
- Adjust latch and lever alignment for smooth operation.
- Test full operation and make final adjustments. Refer to manufacturer documentation for complete details.
Typical Applications
- Commercial Office Buildings
- Educational Facilities
- Healthcare Institutions
- Retail Establishments
- Multi-Family Residential Properties
- Government and Municipal Buildings
- Industrial and Warehouse Facilities
Manufacturer Resources
Falcon Locks Catalog
Product Specs
- Series:
- W Series
- Grade:
- Grade 2
- Duty Level:
- Medium Duty
- Keyed Function:
- Single Cylinder
- Standard Latch:
- 1/2" Throw
- Standard Strike:
- ANSI 1-1/4" x 4-7/8" Curved Lip
- ANSI/BHMA:
- A156.2 Series 4000 Grade 2
- Product Group:
- Mechanical Locks
- Product Subgroup:
- Bored Locksets
- Product Type:
- Leversets
- Subcategory:
- Cylindrical Locks
- Keyed:
- Yes
- Electronic:
- No
- Commercial/Residential:
- Commercial
- Cylinder and Keyways:
- G Keyway
- Lock Type:
- Cylindrical
- Handle Type:
- Lever
- Lock Function:
- Entrance/Office
- Product Attribute:
- Cylindrical Locks
- Tags:
- falcon w511, w511 falcon
- Product Model:
- W511
- Product Function:
- Entrance/Office
- Door Hand Direction:
- Non-Handed
- Collection:
- W511 series
- Product Category:
- Mechanical Locks
- Backset (Distance):
- 2-3/4"
- Department:
- Door Hardware
Falcon W511PD-D 626 – Frequently Asked Questions
1) Will the Falcon W511 lever lock fit a 1-3/8 inch door, or is it 1-3/4 only?
Both. The W511 cylindrical lever lock covers door thickness 1-3/8" to 1-3/4" with a 2-3/4" backset, so it drops into standard commercial prep and into older 1-3/8" interior doors without a spacer kit. If your doors are thicker than 1-3/4", this is the wrong chassis.
2) What does entrance/office function actually do on a Falcon W511, and is it right for a suite door?
F109 entrance/office is the push-button function. The inside lever is always free for egress, and a push or turn button on the inside locks the outside lever. Key retracts the deadlocking latch from outside. That fits a suite or tenant office door where staff want to lock up from inside without a key, and it is a single cylinder lock, so there is no key cylinder on the inside. If you need the door to stay locked outside at all times and never be button-locked, a storeroom function is the right call instead.
3) Is the Falcon W511 approved for a fire rated door?
The W511 is UL listed for 3-hour fire door applications with A label certification, and the latch is UL listed as standard. It is ANSI/BHMA A156.2 Series 4000 Grade 2. On a labeled opening use the deadlatch and the ANSI strike so the latch stays deadlocked in the keeper.
4) Do I need to order a left hand or right hand Falcon W511?
Neither. The W511 is non-handed and installs on any swing with no field disassembly to re-hand it, so one part number covers both leaves of a pair and every door in the building. That is the reason it stocks well on a service truck.
5) Can I put my existing SFIC cores into a Falcon W511, or does it have to be keyed to Falcon?
Both routes work. The W511 accepts small format interchangeable cores and conventional 6-pin cylinders, including cores from other manufacturers, so an existing SFIC system carries straight over. Order the "Less Small Format Interchangeable Core" option if you are supplying your own SFIC cores, "Less 6 Pin Cylinder" if you pin your own conventional cylinders, or "6 pin Conventional Cylinder" to get it cylinder-complete. Standard keyway is G; C Schlage, E, H, K, L, N and P are also available.
6) I need twenty locks on a building to open with one key. How do I order Falcon W511 that way?
Choose KA, keyed alike, on the keying option and all the locks in the order come on one key. KD (keyed different) is the standard and is what you want when every tenant gets their own key. If you are adding to an existing system, select Key Code and enter the code so the new locks pin to the keys already on site. Keyway has to match the rest of the building too, G is standard and C Schlage is available if your site is on Schlage C.
7) What is the closest Grade 1 equivalent to the Falcon W511 entrance/office lever lock?
The Dexter C1000 Series entry/office cylindrical lever lock covers the same entrance/office function at Grade 1 with a clutching lever, and it fits 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, the same door thickness range the Falcon W511 covers. The W511 is a Grade 2 medium duty lock in the ANSI/BHMA A156.2 Series 4000 family. On a high-traffic corridor or a door taking abuse, the Grade 1 chassis and clutching lever of the C1000 are the reason to move up; on a tenant or office door the W511 is built for, the Grade 2 chassis is the intended duty level.
8) Is there a Grade 2 commercial entry lever that fits doors thicker than 1-3/4 inches?
The Hager 2525 Grade 2 commercial cylindrical entry lock with lever handle lists a door thickness range of 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. The Falcon W511 is specified for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, so on a 2 inch door slab the Hager 2525 is the Grade 2 entry lever that covers the thickness. Both are Grade 2 lever locks in the keyed entry family.
9) The door needs a lever that stays locked at all times with key access only. Is the W511 the right function?
No. The Falcon W511 is F109 entrance/office: the outside lever is locked and unlocked by a push or turn button on the inside, and the inside lever is always free. If the door has to stay locked with entry by key only, the storeroom function is the correct one. The Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever lockset with a deadlocking latchbolt for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Hager 2580 is a Grade 2 storeroom cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. Both are Grade 2, the same grade as the W511.
10) Which lever lock should be used on a classroom door instead of an entry/office lock?
The Falcon W511 is an entrance/office lock, keyed on the outside with push-button locking inside, which is not a classroom function. For a classroom opening, the Cal-Royal AG03 is a Grade 2 classroom lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway keyed different on a 2-3/4 inch backset, the same 2-3/4 inch backset the W511 uses, so the door prep carries over. The Dexter C1000 classroom lever is the Grade 1 clutching version of the same function for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and Dexter also lists a C1000 classroom security lever where the inside must be lockable as well.
11) Falcon W511 vs a Grade 1 lever lock, which do I need for my building?
The W511 is Grade 2, medium duty, which is the normal specification for offices, tenant suites, multi-family unit doors and back-of-house openings. On a high traffic opening, a stairwell, a main entry or a school corridor, step up to Grade 1 heavy duty: the Dexter C1000 entry/office lock is the Grade 1 equivalent of the same F-function and covers the same 1-3/8" to 1-3/4" doors, and Corbin Russwin's CL3100 Series is Grade 1 vandal resistant but rated for 1-3/4" to 2" doors. Grade 2 costs less to standardize on across many low-cycle doors; Grade 1 is what survives a lobby.
12) Can I get the Falcon W511 with a keypad or card reader instead of a key?
No. The W511 is a mechanical cylindrical lock with no electronic option. For keyless on the same style of opening, the Lockey 2835 mechanical pushbutton lever lock covers 1-3/16" to 2" doors and the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverset. For an electrified lever that ties into an access control system, the Corbin Russwin CL33903 is a 12VAC/DC fail safe Grade 1 lever for 1-3/4" to 2" doors.
13) I need a matching passage and storeroom lever to go with my Falcon W511 entry locks. What pairs with it?
The W511 is entrance/office only, single cylinder. For the non-keyed and storeroom openings on the same job, Grade 2 companions in the same class include the Hager 2510 passage and Hager 2580 storeroom Withnell levers (both 1-3/8" to 2" doors), the Cal-Royal AG05 Grade 2 storeroom lever with deadlocking latchbolt (1-3/8" to 1-3/4"), and the Accentra 5301LN Augusta Grade 2 passage lever. Lever profile and finish will not match the Falcon exactly across brands, so if visual consistency matters through a corridor, keep the whole run on one brand.
14) Is the Falcon W511 a good lock for apartment unit doors?
It is a commercial-rated Grade 2 lock and entrance/office is a common unit-door function where residents lock from inside with the button and management keys in from the corridor. Keyed alike or key code ordering lets a property manager build a master arrangement across a building, and the SFIC option means a unit can be re-keyed by swapping a core at the door instead of pulling the lock. Bear in mind entrance/office allows the door to be left unlocked by the button; a storeroom function is the choice where the door must self-lock every time it shuts.
15) What comes in the box with a Falcon W511, and what do I still have to buy?
A complete W511 order includes the outside lever with cylinder, the inside lever, roses, spring cage, mounting plate, lock chassis, mounting screws, the deadlatch and the strike, since latch and strike are both required selections on the order. The only thing that may not be included is the cylinder itself: if you select "Less 6 Pin Cylinder" or "Less SFIC", you are supplying the core. Templates for door and frame prep come with the lock.
16) What is a lower-cost alternative to the Falcon W511 for a light-traffic entrance door?
The Cal-Royal AUS00 is a Grade 3 entrance/office lever lock with a solid brass forged body, and it fits 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, matching the W511 door range and the same entrance/office function. Grade 3 is a residential-duty rating under ANSI/BHMA, while the Falcon W511 is certified to A156.2 Series 4000 Grade 2 for commercial medium duty. For an interior office door in a small building, the AUS00 answers the same function; for a leased commercial suite or an institutional corridor where the spec calls Grade 2, the W511 is the one that meets it.
17) Can a passage lever be used in place of the W511 on an office door?
Only if the door never needs to lock. The Falcon W511 is a keyed single-cylinder lock with entrance/office function. A passage lever has no cylinder and no locking at all: the Accentra 5301LN Augusta and the Hager 2510 with the Withnell design are both Grade 2 passage/hall/closet cylindrical lever locks, matching the W511 grade but not its function. The Hager 2510 lists 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. Use a passage lever on a corridor or closet door that only needs a latch, and keep the W511 where the office is locked at the end of the day.
18) What matches the W511 lever on a door that only needs a pull with no latch?
A dummy trim is the part for that, and it is a different device from the W511, which is a keyed cylindrical lock with a working latch. The BEST 7KC Series single dummy trim is a Grade 2 medium duty non-keyed cylindrical lever, the same grade and duty level as the Falcon W511. The BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim is the Grade 1 heavy duty version, and the Accentra 455LN Augusta is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy cylindrical lever. Dummy trim mounts to the face of the door and does not operate a latch.
19) Is there an entrance lever with a Schlage C keyway on a 2-3/8 inch backset?
The Cal-Royal AG00 is an entrance lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway keyed different on a 2-3/8 inch backset, for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. The Falcon W511 is a 2-3/4 inch backset lock, though it is offered with a C Schlage keyway and with 2-3/8 inch backset deadlatch options such as the 30-198 and 30-200. If the existing door prep is bored at 2-3/8 inch and the building keys to Schlage C, both routes get there; the AG00 is the shorter-backset lock as built.
20) The building wants keyless entry on that door. What replaces a keyed entrance lever?
The Falcon W511 is a mechanical, non-electronic lock keyed with a cylinder. For keyless operation, the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock, and the Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with passage function and ADA compliance for doors 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch, with a double-combination version in the 2835DC. The Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination, passage function, for 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch doors. Note the Lockey units listed are passage function, so they release rather than hold a locked outside lever the way the W511 entrance/office function does.
21) What lever lock handles a patient room or utility door where the W511 would not?
Those doors call for asylum or institutional function, where both levers are keyed and there is no button. The Dexter C1000 asylum lock is a Grade 1 cylindrical lock in F87 function for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Arrow MK33-BD-CS is a Grade 2 asylum, institution and utility lock with a ball knob, heavy duty, with a conventional cylinder in the Schlage C keyway. The Falcon W511 is F109 entrance/office, with a push or turn button inside and a free inside lever, which is the wrong behavior for a room that must be controlled from both sides.
22) Can an entrance knob lock be used instead of the W511 lever?
The Arrow HK11 is a turn-pushbutton entrance cylindrical lock with a ball knob and a conventional cylinder, Grade 2, for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, which is the same entrance function behavior and the same door range as the Falcon W511. The difference is the trim: the W511 is a lever with ADA-compliant lever styles, and a knob is not an ADA-compliant operating device on an accessible route. On an accessible opening, or where the facility standardizes on levers, the W511 is the trim that meets it; on a back-of-house door with no accessibility requirement, the knob version covers the same function.
23) What is the difference between the Falcon W511 and a Grade 3 residential entry lever like the Master Lock RL01 or Callan Artino?
The Master Lock BC Series RL01 is a Grade 3 return style lever keyed entry lockset, and the Callan Artino is a Grade 3 entrance leverset. The Falcon W511 is certified to ANSI/BHMA A156.2 Series 4000 Grade 2 for commercial medium duty, is UL listed for 3-hour fire doors, and accepts SFIC and conventional 6-pin cylinders including cores from other manufacturers for key management across a building. Grade 3 leversets suit single residential openings; the W511 is what goes on a fire-rated commercial door or into a keying system.
24) Does an access-controlled door need a different lever than the W511?
Yes. The Falcon W511 is a mechanical, non-electronic lock. For a door released by a card reader or access control panel, the Corbin Russwin CL33903 is a Grade 1 fail safe electrified cylindrical lever lock at 12VAC/DC for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch, offered with the NZ lever and D rose. Fail safe means the lever unlocks when power is removed, which is a life-safety and code decision for the opening, not a trim preference. The W511 remains the mechanical Grade 2 lever for the doors on the same floor that are not on the access system.
25) A property has Yale hardware keyed to Schlage. Does that adapter apply to the Falcon W511?
No. The Accentra 107S is a Schlage cylinder adapter kit for Yale hardware, a Grade 1 accessory for adapting cylinders into Yale locks. The Falcon W511 does not need it: it is offered with a C Schlage keyway directly alongside the standard G keyway, and it accepts SFIC and conventional 6-pin cylinders, including cores from other manufacturers. On a mixed property, the W511 is ordered in the keyway the building already uses rather than adapted after the fact.
26) Do Falcon W511 levers sag over time like cheap lever locks?
Heavy-duty torsion springs are used in the W511 chassis specifically to stop lever sag and hold the return position over the service life. Sag is the usual failure on residential-grade levers on a commercial door, and it is the reason a Grade 3 lever set is a poor choice on an office door that cycles all day.
27) Will the Falcon W511 work on a beveled door edge?
Yes. The stainless steel latch has self-adjusting fronts that accommodate either a beveled or a flat door edge, so you do not need to specify bevel when ordering. Throw is 1/2".
28) Which entrance lever should go on a door needing a keyed lever and a separate deadbolt?
The Callan Bennett is a Grade 3 entrance leverset supplied as a deadbolt combo, so the lever and the deadbolt come together as a set. The Falcon W511 is a single-cylinder entrance/office cylindrical lock with a 1/2 inch throw deadlocking latch and no deadbolt in the set, so a deadbolt on a W511 door is a separate device with its own bore. On a commercial opening keyed into an SFIC or conventional system, the W511 is the Grade 2 lever half of that pairing.
29) Is a Corbin Russwin CL3100 lever a substitute for the Falcon W511?
Not on the same opening. The Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant cylindrical lever lock in passage/closet function, fire rated, for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch. It is non-keyed passage, where the Falcon W511 is a keyed entrance/office lock, and its door range starts at 1-3/4 inch while the W511 covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. The CL3110 is the choice for an abused corridor door that only latches; it does not replace a lock that has to secure the room.
30) What Grade 2 privacy lever pairs with the W511 for bathrooms in the same building?
The Hager 2540 with the Withnell lever is a Grade 2 privacy cylindrical lock for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton privacy lever set is a Grade 3 privacy lock for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Privacy function locks from the inside with no key on the outside, which is why it belongs on a restroom rather than on the entrance/office doors the Falcon W511 handles. Matching grade across a floor means the Hager 2540 sits at the same Grade 2 level as the W511.
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