National Stock Number (NSN) 5920-00-518-6842, or NIIN 005186842, (arrester,electrical surge) was assigned August 13, 1974 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, with the most recent procurement date of Feb 15, 2017. There has been one contract issued for this part number, with one award given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE4A517P3764. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 22,854.00.
This NSN is unique to one weapons system.
There has been very little demand for this national stock number. The demand for this NSN originated from less than 5 countries. Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Apr 26, 2018, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. The data or the rights to use the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources are not owned by the Government and it has been determined that it is uneconomical to purchase them. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 00381. [A CIRCUIT-PROTECTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDES A DISCHARGE PATH FOR ABNORMAL SURGES OF HIGH POTENTIAL WHILE CONSUMING LITTLE OR NO POWER AT NORMAL OPERATING VOLTAGE. EXCLUDES:ITEMS WHICH ABSORB CONTINUOUSLY RECURRING CYCLIC PULSES. FOR RESISTORS WHICH ARE SENSITIVE TO VOLTAGE CHANGES OR USED AS ELEMENTS IN SURGE ARRESTERS, SEE RESISTOR, VOLTAGE SENSITIVE. SEE ALSO ABSORBER, OVERVOLTAGE; AND CUTOUT DISK, PROTECTIVE.]. This item is specifically designed to be or selected as being nuclear hard. In addition, this item has other critical features such as tolerance, fit restrictions or application. There is no information in the HMIRS; however, the NSN is in an FSC in Table II of Federal Standard 313 and an MSDS may be required by the user. The requirement for an MSDS is dependent on a hazard determination of the supplier or the intended end use of the product. NSN 5920005186842 contains an unknown precious metal.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8535400000: lightning arrestors, voltage limiters and surge suppressors, for voltage exceeding 1000 v. The Schedule B End Use is listed as electric apparatus. NAICS classification category 334417: electronic connector manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.