National Stock Number
5950-00-172-9870
National Stock Number (NSN) 5950-00-172-9870, or NIIN 001729870, (transformer,power) was assigned December 1, 1971 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There are 5 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 2 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 5 suppliers. Today, 5 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, 3 suppliers are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
This NSN is unique to one weapons system.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Dec 11, 2014, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Suitable for Competitive Acquisition. (Potential sources shall include dealers/distributors.) The annual buy value of this part falls below the screening threshold of $10,000 but it has been screened for known source(s). (NOTE: This code shall not be used when screening parts entering the inventory. It shall not be assigned in preference to or supersede any other AMSC.) Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 32496. [A TRANSFORMER CONSISTING OF ONE OR MORE PRIMARY WINDING(S) AND ONE OR MORE SECONDARY WINDING(S). IT MAY BE DESIGNED FOR DIRECT CONNECTION TO AN ALTERNATING CURRENT SOURCE FOR PURPOSES OF CHANGING THE SECONDARY VOLTS AND AMPERES OR DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE METALLIC INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN CIRCUITS IN AN OVERALL ONE TO ONE VOLTAGE RATIO, WITH OR WITHOUT ADDITIONAL OUTPUT WINDINGS, OR ITEMS DESIGNED TO AUTOMATICALLY MAINTAIN A CONSTANT OUTPUT VOLTAGE WITHIN SPECIFIED LIMITS UNDER VARYING INPUT OR LOAD CONDITIONS. ALSO INCLUDES ITEMS HAVING A PROVISION FOR MECHANICALLY CHANGING THE TURNS RATIO OR INDUCTIVE COUPLING IN PROGRESSIVE INCREMENTS BY MEANS OF VOLTAGE TAPS, RATIO ADJUSTER, OR DEVICES OE SIMILAR DESIGN. FOR TRANSFORMERS HAVING WINDING(S) COMMON TO BOTH INPUT AND OUTPUT CIRCUITS, SEE TRANSFORMER (1), POWER, AUTOTRANSFORMER. EXCLUDES:TRANSFORMER (1), PULSE.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction 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 5950001729870 contains an unknown precious metal.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.