EXHIBIT 10.2


                                SECOND AMENDMENT

                                     TO THE

                       C&D TECHNOLOGIES, INC. SAVINGS PLAN


         WHEREAS,  C&D  TECHNOLOGIES,  INC.  (the  "Company")  maintains the C&D
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Savings Plan, amended and restated effective as of October 1,
1997 (the "Savings Plan");

         WHEREAS,  pursuant  to Section  19.1 of the Savings  Plan,  the Company
reserved  the right to amend the Savings Plan at any time by action of its Board
of Directors (or such officers of the Company as are  authorized by its Board of
Directors);

         WHEREAS, the Board of Directors desires to amend the Savings Plan.

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  the Savings Plan is hereby  amended,  effective as of
March 1, 1999, to provide as follows:

         1. Section 6.10(b)(1) of the Savings Plan is amended by the addition of
the following language at the end thereof:

          "Notwithstanding the foregoing,  any Employee of the Company's Dynasty
          Division  who was  employed in the  industrial  batteries  business of
          Johnson  Controls,  Inc. (the "Business") on February 28, 1999 and who
          became  an  Employee  as a  result  of the  Company's  acquisition  of
          substantially  all of the assets and properties  primarily used in the
          Business  shall  be  eligible  to  participate  in the  allocation  of
          Matching  Contributions  with respect to the period beginning on March
          1, 1999 and ending on December 31, 1999."





         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Company  has  caused  this  Amendment  to be
executed as of the 8th day of December, 1999.

                                         C&D TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                                         By:/s/ Mark Z. Sappir
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