Exhibit 23


            Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors



We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (Form S-3 No. 33-33929) of General Signal Corporation and
in the related Prospectus of our report dated February 3, 1995,
with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Best Power
Technology, Incorporated as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1994
included in this Form 8-K dated June 26,
1995.



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