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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         We, the undersigned officers and directors of Fedders North America,
Inc. (the "Company") and Fedders Corporation (the "Guarantor"), hereby severally
constitute Robert L. Laurent, Jr. and Robert N. Edwards, and each of them
singly, as our attorneys-in-fact with full power to them, and each of them
singly, to sign for us and in our names and in our capacities as directors
and/or officers of the Company and the Guarantor, the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company's 9-3/8% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2007 for the outstanding 9-3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007,
and any and all amendments thereto, which Registration Statement is being filed
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, in general, to do all
such things in our names and behalf and in our capacities as officers and
directors to enable the Company and the Guarantor to comply with the provisions
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the filing of such amendments,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, and all that our said
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         In witness whereof, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands and
seals this 10th day of September, 1997.


/s/ SALVATORE GIORDANO              /s/ SALVATORE GIORDANO, JR.
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Salvatore Giordano                  Salvatore Giordano, Jr.


/s/ JOSEPH GIORDANO                 /s/ WILLIAM J. BRENNAN
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Joseph Giordano                     William J. Brennan


/s/ C. A. KEEN                      /s/ HOWARD S. MODLIN
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C. A. Keen                          Howard S. Modlin


/s/ CLARENCE RUSSEL MOLL            /s/ S. A. MUSCARNERA
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Clarence Russel Moll                S. A. Muscarnera


/s/ ANTHONY E. PULEO                /s/ ROBERT L. LAURENT, JR.
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Anthony E. Puleo                    Robert L. Laurent, Jr.