Kwikset 488PLLRH Right Hand Palmina Lever Half Dummy

A half dummy is a single lever on one face of the door with no latch, no spindle through the door, and no moving mechanism. The Palmina 488 mounts as a pull only, for interior doors where you push or pull the door rather than latch it, closet doors, french door inactive leaves, pantry doors. If you need the door to stay shut, you want a passage set instead, something like the Accentra 5301LN Augusta passage lever or the Falcon B101 passage lever.

Handing matters on a half dummy because the lever only points one direction once it is on the door. The 488PLLRH is the right hand lever. Stand on the side you will see the lever from: if the hinges are on your right, that is the right hand piece. Get it backwards and the lever points up or into the frame. Baldwin builds the same split in its Estate 5103 line, a left hand half dummy and a right hand half dummy sold separately, so the same rule applies if you go that route.

It is a residential grade lever, built for interior doors in homes and units, not corridor or commercial traffic. For multifamily common areas or anything getting daily institutional use, step up to a Grade 1 commercial dummy trim such as the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim or the Accentra 455LN Augusta heavy duty Grade 1 single dummy, or the Grade 2 BEST 7KC Series dummy trim for lighter duty.

That is the exact job for it. Put a working Palmina lever on the active leaf and the 488 half dummy on the inactive one, and both leaves read the same from the room. Order the correct hand for the inactive leaf. If you want dummy levers on both faces of a single door instead, that takes a dummy pair, like the Emtek Arts and Crafts or Cortina dummy pair, not a half dummy.

No. A half dummy has no latch, so nothing holds the door shut, it will drift open unless the door has a roller catch, ball catch, or magnetic catch fitted separately. Plan on ordering a catch with it, or use a passage set that latches, such as the Callan Asheville Grade 3 passage leverset or the Bravura Atlanta passage leverset.

The Baldwin Estate 5103 right hand half dummy lever with 5048 rose is the closest one-for-one match. Like the Palmina 488PLLRH, it is a handed half dummy lever - a single lever with no latch, handed right, mounted on one face of the door. Baldwin also builds the same 5103 lever as a left hand half dummy, so a pair of doors swinging opposite ways can be covered from the same trim family.

A dummy lever like the 488PLLRH has no latch at all; it is push/pull trim only. If the door needs to latch closed without locking, the Baldwin Estate 5103 passage lever with 5048 rose carries the same 5103 trim in a passage function, so a door that latches and a door that only needs a pull can share one look. In commercial trim, the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 cylindrical passage lever with a non-handed design and the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 passage cylindrical lock, also non-handed.

The 488PLLRH is a dummy and does not lock. For a bath or bedroom, the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with 5048 rose keeps the same 5103 lever and 5048 rose while adding privacy function, so it matches a 5103 half dummy on an adjacent door. In commercial trim, the Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 privacy cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever, fitting doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick.

A half dummy is a single lever for one face of the door, which is why the 488PLLRH is handed right. A dummy pair supplies a lever for both faces - the Emtek Arts and Crafts lever dummy pair, the Emtek Hammered lever dummy pair, and the Emtek Classic Brass Cortina lever dummy pair are all sold as dummy pairs. Order a pair for a double-sided door such as a closet or French pair, and a half dummy where only one face gets a lever.

Yes - the 488PLLRH is the right hand half dummy, so the wrong hand puts the lever pointing the wrong way on the door. Levers built non-handed sidestep that: the Falcon B101 Grade 2 passage lever and the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lock are both non-handed designs that install either way. Handed half dummies such as the Baldwin Estate 5103, sold as separate right hand and left hand versions, need the hand confirmed at the door before ordering.

Specify a lever that carries a fire rating for that opening. Among comparable levers, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lock and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 Grade 1 vandal resistant passage/closet lever are both listed with a fire rating, the CL3110 for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch thick. Both are latching passage locks rather than fixed dummy trim, so the door will latch closed.

The Palmina lever meets ADA/ANSI 4.13.9 requirements, so the lever shape works for someone who cannot grasp or twist. Worth noting on a dummy: since there is no latch to retract, the ADA relevance here is the lever form matching the operable hardware on the rest of the opening, not door opening force.

The BEST 7KC Series single dummy trim is a Grade 2 medium duty non-keyed dummy lever, and the Callan Bentley is a Grade 2 dummy lever. Both carry a commercial grade rating where the Palmina 488PLLRH is a residential dummy lever, and both sit at Grade 2 rather than the Grade 1 of the BEST 9K Series 1DT.

They are not. The 488PLLRH is a dummy: the lever is fixed and there is no latch behind it. Peers such as the Accentra 5301LN Augusta Grade 2 and the Accentra 4601LN Grade 2 with Augusta trim, the Arrow GL01 Grade 2 with the Sierra lever, and the Bravura Atlanta, Orlando and Tampa leversets are all passage function - the lever turns and retracts a latch. Specify dummy only where the door needs no latching at all.

The Palmina 488PLLRH has no cylinder. For a keyed opening, the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 commercial cylindrical entry lock for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick, the Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever with a deadlocking latchbolt, and the Dexter C1000 entry/office is a Grade 1 keyed clutching lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. Pick storeroom where the door stays locked from outside at all times, entry/office where it can be left unlocked.

The 488PLLRH meets ADA/ANSI 4.13.9 requirements. Among comparable levers, the Lockey 2835 mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock is listed with passage function and ADA compliance for doors 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch thick. Note the difference in what each does: the Palmina is fixed trim with no latch, while the 2835 is a keyless pushbutton lever that operates a latch.

Two: Satin Nickel and Satin Chrome. Satin Nickel runs slightly warmer and is the common match for other brushed nickel interior hardware; Satin Chrome is cooler and closer to a true grey. If the rest of the doors in the room are already Kwikset satin nickel, take the nickel, the two do not blend well side by side in the same sightline.

Palmina is a contemporary lever, clean and squared off rather than colonial or scrolled. It sits alongside other modern interior trim. If the house leans traditional, a Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy on a 5048 rose is the period-correct direction, and it comes in both hands.

The Palmina 488PLLRH is a contemporary-style lever. For a different look in the same dummy function, the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy uses the 5048 rose, and Emtek offers the Arts and Crafts lever and the Hammered lever as dummy pairs, plus the Classic Brass Cortina lever as a dummy pair. All are dummy trim; they differ in lever shape and rose, and in whether they cover one face or both.