Accentra 2100 Rim Exit Device (Formerly Yale 2100), Grade 1, Panic or Fire Rated

Measure the door's opening width: a -36 device fits doors 30 to 36 in wide, -42 fits 36 to 42 in and -48 fits 42 to 48 in. The bar is cut square to the door on site.

Only the F versions carry the fire exit hardware listing: up to 3 hours on a single door up to 4 x 8 ft, or a pair up to 8 x 8 ft with an M200F mullion. The 2100F has no dogging, and Accentra's parts manual allows only fire-rated components on a fire-rated device.

The panic 2100 dogs with a hex key: hold the bar in and turn the key a quarter turn clockwise, and the latch stays retracted until the key is turned back. Fire rated devices cannot be dogged.

Metal, wood or composite, with a stile at least 4-1/2 in wide. The device is packed for a reinforced metal door. A door or frame too thin to hold three full screw threads counts as unreinforced: Accentra calls for sex nuts and bolts in the door (SN-134 for the device) and blind rivet nuts in the frame, which it does not necessarily supply. The 2100F comes with sex nuts and bolts, and Accentra's parts manual recommends them on every exit device.

Accentra supplies the 2100 for doors up to 3-1/2 in thick. Tell us the thickness; it goes on the order for the device and for the trim.

The device must sit flat on the door, or on shims that keep it parallel to the door face. Accentra's instructions call for one shim kit 223 for each 1/8 in of raised molding, with longer mounting screws past two kits.

Two 2100 devices with a removable steel mullion (M200, or M200F for a fire-rated pair), or a keyed removable mullion (KRM200). A fire-rated pair also takes the strike interlock bracket that comes with the fire mullion. Without a mullion, the optional 793 strike serves a panic pair only.

The device is non-handed and ships exit only, packed ready for Accentra trim, which comes in its own box. Lever escutcheon trim is ordered by door hand (RHR or LHR), so tell us the hand when you order it. The 214F pull-only trim is not for fire exit devices.

The 2100WS and 2100FWS are components of a windstorm-rated door assembly, single door up to 3 x 7 ft, with the 757FWS strike. Accentra refers you to Ceco, Curries or Fleming for the door and frame requirements.

Accentra's own page calls this the 2100 Series, formerly Yale 2100 Series. Send a photo of the device, the strike and the outside trim and we confirm the replacement part in writing before anything ships.

Horizontal centerline 39-15/16 in (1014 mm) above the finished floor; vertical reference 2-5/16 in (59 mm) from the stop face, or from the mullion face on a pair. The plastic template that comes with every 2100 seats on the door and stop faces.

Latch case: two 1/4-20 machine screws into a reinforced metal door, or 3/8 in diameter sex nuts and bolts. Strike: two 10-24 machine screws, or two #10 wood screws. A WS device takes four 1/4-20 screws in the latch case and four 10-24 screws in the strike.

The bar slides into the latch case, is cut square to the door width (up to 5-3/4 in can come off), and is clamped by the bottom end cap, fixed with two 1/4-20 screws or sex nuts and bolts.

Set the 757F strike's projection with its locking plate and any shims, and its depth so the latchbolt is fully extended against the roller. The center screw that locks the strike in place is required on fire devices and optional on panic devices.

Push the bar: the latch must retract, and extend when released. Work the outside trim the same way. On a panic 2100, dog the bar and check it stays in and the latch stays back, then undog it. The latched door should not rattle when pushed or pulled.

Accentra asks for a silicone-based lubricant on the mechanisms from time to time, especially in corrosive settings, a check that the mounting screws are tight, and strike adjustment as the door settles.