Tell L1080 - Grade 1 Storeroom Lever Lockset

The outside lever on the L1080 stays locked and rigid at all times. You get in with a key from the outside; the inside lever is always free for egress and retracts the latch without a key. The latchbolt is deadlocking, so it resists being carded. That is ANSI F86, and it is the usual choice for mechanical rooms, stockrooms, and any door that should never be left unlocked by accident, since there is no button or turn to leave it unsecured.

It ships to suit a 4-7/8 x 1-1/4 inch standard ASA strike, which is the common commercial hollow metal frame prep. If your frame is already cut for an ASA lip strike of that size, the L1080 drops straight in. If the frame has a small T-strike or a round-corner residential strike, the opening will need to be reworked or you will need a different strike.

Yes. Keying is a required selection: keyed different, keyed alike for multiple locks, or none if you are taking a less-cylinder option. Pick keyed alike when a property manager or maintenance crew needs one key to open several storerooms, and use the key code field if the building is already on an existing code.

Two cylinder builds. The conventional version comes in Schlage C keyway, which is the easiest to fold into most existing commercial key systems. The other is prepped for a small format interchangeable core and ships less core, so you supply your own SFIC to match the facility's system. If you order SFIC prep, plan on sourcing the core and control key separately.

The Tell L1080 is a Grade 1 storeroom leverset with an F86 function and a deadlocking latchbolt. If the opening does not need Grade 1, the Hager 2580 is a Grade 2 storeroom cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever, fitting doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom leverset with a deadlocking latchbolt fitting doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. Note the Cal-Royal covers a narrower door thickness range than the Tell, which handles 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch.

The Tell L1080 is storeroom function: the outside lever is always rigid and locked, and the key only retracts the latchbolt. For a classroom opening where the outside lever needs to be unlocked and relocked by key, the Dexter C1000 Series is offered in a Grade 1 classroom function with a clutching keyed lever, and in a Grade 1 classroom security function; both cover doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, against the Tell's 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch.

No. On the Tell L1080 the outside lever is always locked and rigid, so it cannot be left in a free state. For an office or entrance function where the outside lever can be unlocked and relocked, the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 commercial entry lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, the Falcon B511CP6D is a Grade 2 entry/office cylindrical lever, and the Cal-Royal AG00 is an entrance lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway keyed different on a 2-3/8 inch backset.

The L1080 itself covers up to 2 inches. Among other Grade 1 cylindrical levers, the Dexter C1000 Asylum (F87) also spans 1-3/8 to 2 inches, and the Falcon K101 passage goes 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inches, though that one is non-keyed. Several Grade 1 levers, like the Corbin Russwin CL3110, start at 1-3/4 inches and will not go down to 1-3/8.

The lever is clutched, so if someone wrenches on the locked outside lever it spins free instead of transmitting the load into the lock chassis. Each lever also has independent spring action, which keeps a heavy lever from sagging over time. Those two things are why this survives corridors and public-facing storerooms better than a rigid lever.

Grade 1 is the top ANSI/BHMA cylindrical rating, tested to the highest cycle and strength levels, and it is what most institutional and government specs call for on high traffic openings. The Tell L1080 is Grade 1 and rated commercial. If the opening is light duty, ZenSupply carries Grade 2 storeroom alternatives such as the Hager 2580 with Withnell lever or the Cal-Royal AG05, both storeroom function with the same deadlocking latch behavior.

No handing call is required. The L1080 is a cylindrical bored lockset with independent spring action on each lever, so the same lock serves a left or right hand door. What you do have to specify is the keying (keyed different, keyed alike, or none), plus your cylinder type and finish.

Storeroom is wrong for most offices. The L1080 keeps the outside lever locked permanently, so staff cannot leave the door unlocked during business hours without propping it. For an office that needs to be unlocked during the day, look at an entrance/office function instead, such as the Falcon B511CP6D or the Hager 2525 entrance lever. Use storeroom where the door must be secure every time it closes.

The Tell L1080 is keyed; for openings in the same run that need no locking, Grade 1 passage levers include the Falcon K101, a heavy duty non-handed passage cylindrical lock rated for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch and fire rated, the Falcon T101 heavy duty passage lever, the Dexter C1000 Grade 1 clutching non-keyed passage lever for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 Grade 1 vandal resistant passage lever for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors. Lever styles differ by brand, so confirm the trim you want to standardize on.

No. The Tell L1080 is a keyed cylindrical storeroom lock with a deadlocking latchbolt. The Baldwin Estate 5103 is offered in passage, privacy, and half dummy versions, and the Emtek Arts and Crafts and Cortina leversets in the dummy function - dummy trim has no latch at all and passage and privacy trim will not accept a key. For a secured storeroom opening none of those substitute.

The Tell L1080 is a key-operated storeroom lever with a conventional Schlage C or SFIC prep cylinder. For code-operated entry instead, the Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination in a passage function for doors 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch, the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock, and Emtek offers a Classic keypad leverset. Those trade the keyway and any master key system for a code, so they do not drop into a keyed-alike plan.

The Tell L1080 is a mechanical Grade 1 storeroom lever with an F86 function. If the opening is being tied into access control, the Corbin Russwin CL33903 is a Grade 1 electrified cylindrical lever lock in a fail safe configuration at 12VAC/DC for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch, available with the NZ lever and D rose. It requires power and wire transfer to the door, which the mechanical Tell does not.

Yes. The Tell L1080 covers doors from 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. For a thicker door, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lock is rated for 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch, though it is a non-keyed passage function rather than a keyed storeroom lock, so it suits the opening only if no locking is required.

Satin chrome (626) and oil rubbed bronze (613). 626 is the standard commercial finish you will see on most institutional openings, so it is the safe match for an existing building; 613 is the darker bronze for higher-end or hospitality corridors. Both finishes are offered with either the conventional Schlage C cylinder or the SFIC prep.