National Stock Number
4540-01-203-8388
National Stock Number (NSN) 4540-01-203-8388, or NIIN 012038388, (heating element,electrical,immer) was assigned March 20, 1985 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There is only one manufacturer part number associated with this NSN. None of the associated part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by one supplier. Today, one supplier is listed as an Active supplier for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, only one supplier is deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Jul 31, 2010, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Not established. Not established.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 11327. [AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE IN THE FORM OF A RESISTOR CONSISTING OF A RESISTANCE WIRE, AN INSULATING MATERIAL, AND A SHEATH. IT IS DESIGNED TO TRANSFORM ELECTRICAL CURRENT INTO HEAT WHILE IMMERSED IN A LIQUID TO BE HEATED OR IN CONTACT WITH MATERIALS TO BE MELTED. IT MAY INCLUDE AN AUTOMATIC CONTROL TO REGULATE THE AMOUNT OF HEAT GENERATED.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 4540012038388 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.