RELIABILITY INCORPORATED

                                     Exhibit 23

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS







       We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-47803) pertaining to the Reliability Incorporated
Employee Stock Savings Plan and Trust and in the related Prospectus of our
report dated January 31, 1997, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedules of Reliability Incorporated included in this Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1996.






                                               BY/s/ERNST & YOUNG LLP     


Houston, Texas
March 14, 1997
































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