Schlage 47-273-620 ALX Series 2-3/8" Backset Restoring Spring Latch With 1-1/8" x 2-1/4" Square Corner Faceplate

That is exactly what it is built for. The 47-273 is the ALX Series spring latch, unguarded, with a 2-3/8 inch backset, a 1 inch diameter housing, and a 1-1/8 x 2-1/4 inch square corner faceplate. It mates with ALX lock trim. Before you order, check three things on the door: backset measured from the door edge to the center of the bore, the size of the hole bored in the door edge for the latch case, and the shape of the faceplate pocket. Match all three and it drops straight in.

No. The 47-273 is a fixed 2-3/8 inch backset latch, so on a 2-3/4 inch prep the lever bore and the latch case will not line up and the latch tailpiece will not reach. Measure from the face of the door edge to the center of the large bore: 2-3/8 and 2-3/4 are the two standard commercial backsets, and you need the 2-3/4 inch version of the ALX latch for the deeper prep. Same faceplate size, different latch length.

Not without work. The 47-273 carries a square corner faceplate measuring 1-1/8 x 2-1/4 inches. Radius corner and square corner are the two common door edge preps, and a square plate sitting in a radiused pocket leaves four gaps at the corners unless you square the mortise with a chisel. If the doors are already cut radius and you would rather not touch them, order the radius corner version of the ALX latch instead. If the pocket is square and measures 1-1/8 by 2-1/4, this one seats flush.

One part covers both. Schlage A Series latches are adjustable for flat or beveled edge doors, so the faceplate can be set to sit flush whether the lock edge of the door is square cut or beveled the usual way for a swinging door. Nothing extra to order and nothing to specify when you buy, which is what makes it easy to stock a single latch across a mixed set of openings.

Plain spring latch, and it is the unguarded version, so there is no deadlocking plunger riding beside the latchbolt. That matters on a keyed exterior or corridor opening, where the plunger is what stops the bolt being pushed back with a shim. Use this one where the lock function does not depend on deadlatching, such as passage and privacy openings and interior office doors. For a keyed opening where the security prep calls for a deadlatch, order the ALX deadlatch version instead of this one.

The faceplate is the only part that shows once the latch is in, and it sits on the edge of the door, so match it to the lock trim rather than to the door. Nine finishes are stocked: 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 609 antique brass, 612 satin bronze, 613 oil rubbed bronze, 622 matte black, 625 bright chrome, 626 satin chrome, and 643E aged bronze. On a building already standardized on 626 satin chrome levers, order 626 and the edge reads consistent across every opening.

Commercial. The 47-273 is a Schlage commercial A Series replacement latch built in stainless steel, which is the part of the assembly that takes the wear every time the door closes and the bolt drags across the strike. For fleet work it is a sensible line item to hold in quantity: one backset, one faceplate size, adjustable for flat or beveled doors, and it services any ALX lever on the property.

The 47-273 is an ALX specific part, so it will not serve another manufacturer's lock chassis. For a 2-3/8 inch backset opening on a different platform, ZenSupply carries the Deltana G1RLE238, a Grade 1 regular latch for entry function, and the Deltana G1RLP238, the Grade 1 regular latch for passage and privacy. Pick by the function of the lock it is going into. If the prep is 2-3/4 inch, the same two come as the G1RLE275 and G1RLP275.

The 47-273 is a replacement latch only, the mechanism that mortises into the edge of the door and works with the lock trim already on it. There is no keyway, no thumbturn, no lever. Two things that come up alongside it are different animals: the Lockey M230 is a complete mechanical keyless combination lock with a deadlocking spring latch and adjustable backset, and the Accentra YSSL10 is a sidelite auxiliary latch with an ADA compliant thumbturn for a 1-3/4 inch door. If your lever still works and only the latch has failed, the replacement latch is what you want.

It depends on the line. With Deltana, the latch itself is designated by function: the G1RLP238 is the Grade 1 regular latch for passage/privacy at 2-3/8 inch backset, while the G1RLE238 is the entry-function version at the same backset. The Schlage 47-273-620 is specified a different way - it is a spring latch defined by the trim it serves, ALX Series, and by the door prep it drops into: 2-3/8 inch backset, 1-1/8 inch by 2-1/4 inch square corner faceplate, 1 inch housing diameter. So with the Schlage you match the chassis and the prep, and with the Deltana you match the function and the backset.

The 47-273-620 is built to a 2-3/8 inch backset, which is the wrong dimension for a 2-3/4 inch bore. At 2-3/4 inch backset, the Deltana G1RLE275 is a Grade 1 regular latch for the entry function and the Deltana G1RLP275 is the Grade 1 regular latch for passage/privacy service, so you pick between the two by what the door does. Another route is the Lockey M230, a mechanical keyless digital combination deadlocking spring latch lock with an adjustable backset, which is not tied to one bore dimension - though that is a complete lock rather than a latch swap.

They are two different parts. The Schlage 47-273-620 is a spring latch, described as unguarded, and it is made for use with ALX Series trim at a 2-3/8 inch backset with a 1 inch housing diameter. The Dexter unit is a deadlatch built for the C1000 series, so it is matched to that chassis rather than to ALX trim. If you are servicing an ALX lock, stay with the ALX Series spring latch; the Dexter part belongs in a C1000 opening.

It is a different application, not a substitute. The Accentra YSSL10 is a security sidelite auxiliary latch with an ADA compliant thumbturn, listed for a 1-3/4 inch door thickness - it secures a sidelite and is operated at the thumbturn. The Schlage 47-273-620 is the spring latch that sits in the door edge and is driven by ALX Series lock trim, at a 2-3/8 inch backset with a 1-1/8 inch by 2-1/4 inch square corner faceplate. One is a standalone auxiliary latch for a sidelite; the other is the working latch inside a bored commercial lock.

Not on the same terms. The 47-273-620 is a service part - a stainless steel spring latch that goes back into an existing ALX Series commercial lock, at 2-3/8 inch backset with a 1-1/8 inch by 2-1/4 inch square corner faceplate, and it comes in finishes from 626 satin chrome to 613 oil rubbed bronze so it can be matched to the trim already on the door. The Lockey M230 is a complete mechanical keyless digital combination lock with a deadlocking spring latch and an adjustable backset, so ordering it means changing the whole lock at that opening, not just the latch. For the doors staying on ALX trim, the 47-273-620 keeps the existing lock in service.

They organize differently, which is what decides how much you carry. The Schlage 47-273-620 is one spring latch for ALX Series trim at a 2-3/8 inch backset with a 1-1/8 inch by 2-1/4 inch square corner faceplate; the A Series latch adjusts for flat or beveled edge doors, and it is offered in finishes including 626 satin chrome, 605 bright brass, 622 matte black and 613 oil rubbed bronze, so the same part number follows whatever trim is on the door. The Deltana line splits by backset and function instead: G1RLE238 and G1RLE275 are Grade 1 entry latches at 2-3/8 inch and 2-3/4 inch, with G1RLP238 and G1RLP275 covering passage/privacy at the same two backsets. If your openings are ALX chassis, you are stocking one Schlage latch in the finishes you need; across mixed brands and backsets, you are stocking by function.