SPECIAL OWNERSHIP OPTION PROGRAM
                                  RON HOGE

TERM:               10 year non-qualified stock option.

VESTING:            Dependent on meeting individual ownership target.

                    Option vests 100% between 24 and 36 months after grant
                    when target is met.
                         
                    If 36 months pass without target being achieved, the
                    option doesn't vest until 7 years after grant date.

OWNERSHIP:          Shares counted as ownership include:

                    Restricted shares not yet vested
                    - 401K purchases
                    - Deferral Investment Plan and Deposits in Stock
                    - Outright market purchases

                    Note:  Shares acquired through option exercise of
                    grants made after 1989 do not count.

OWNERSHIP TARGET:   Ownership target equals 90% of shares derived from table
                    below:

                    ------------------------------------------------------------
                    Years as 
                    an Officer  Target Ownership as a Multiple of Base Salary
                    ------------------------------------------------------------
                    10+         2.0          2.5          3.0           3.5
                    5 to 9      1.0          1.5          2.0           2.5
                    0-4         0.5          1.0          1.5           2.0
                                ---          ---          ---           ---
                    LESS THAN $150,000   $151,000 to   $201,000 to  GREATER THAN
                                         $200,000      $250,000       $250,000

                    If current ownership shortfall has a value less than .9X 
                    base salary, then the target is raised so that the Delta 
                    is .9X base salary.

                    At least 1/4 of shares acquired to meet the goal must come
                    from outright market purchases.

INDIVIDUAL TARGET:  Your individual target summary:

                    Total Target    Current     Shortfall      Outright Purchase
                     Ownership     Ownership    to Acquire        Requirement 
                    ------------   ---------    ----------     -----------------
                     152,335       121,300       31,035             7,759



                                MAGNETEK, INC.
                     NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
     
      FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, MAGNETEK, INC., a Delaware 
corporation, hereby irrevocably grants to the Optionee named below the 
non-qualified stock option (the "Option") to purchase any part or all of the 
specified number of shares of its $0.01 par value Common Stock upon the terms 
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the specified 
purchase price per share without commission or other charge.  The Option is 
granted pursuant to the plan specified below (the "Plan") and the Standard 
Terms and Conditions promulgated under such Plan.  The terms of the Plan and 
such Standard Terms and Conditions are hereby incorporated herein by 
reference and made a part of this Agreement.  The Committee shall have the 
power to interpret this Agreement.

The Plan:                          Second Amended and Restated 1989 Incentive
                                   Stock Compensation Plan of MagneTek, Inc.

Name of Optionee:                  Ronald N. Hoge

Social Security Number:            ###-##-####

Number of Shares covered by 
Option (subject to lapse 
provisions and other limitations 
on exercisability in accordance 
with the terms of the Plan):       30,000

Purchase Price Per Share:          $13.8125

Minimum Number of Shares Per 
Partial Exercise:                  100 Shares

The Option shall become 
exercisable as follows:            Except as provided in the following 
                                   paragraph, the Option shall become fully 
                                   exercisable as of January 27, 2004.

                                   In the event the Ownership Target in the 
                                   Special Ownership Option Program provided to
                                   Optionee by letter is satisfied prior to 
                                   January 27, 2000, the Option shall become 
                                   fully exercisable on the later of (i) January
                                   27, 1999 and (ii) the date, prior to January 
                                   27, 2000, on which such Ownership Target is 
                                   so satisfied.

Date of this Agreement (grant 
date):                             January 27, 1997

MAGNETEK, INC.                     ____________________________________________
                                   Optionee Signature

                                   Address (please print):
By ___________________________     ____________________________________________

By ___________________________     ____________________________________________

                                   ____________________________________________