RELIABILITY INCORPORATED

                                Exhibit 23

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS







      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 February 6, 1998, 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, 1997.






                                         BY/s/ERNST & YOUNG LLP  


Houston, Texas
March 13, 1998
































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