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  of  our report dated January 29, 1999,
with  respect  to  the  consolidated  financial  statements   and  schedule  of
Reliability Incorporated included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 31, 1998.






                                          BY/s/ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Houston, Texas
March 12, 1999
































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