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               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS





Fedders Corporation
Liberty Corner, New Jersey

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements (Form S-8 No. 333-74347, No. 333-20963 and No. 33-51863) pertaining
to the Employee Stock Plans of Fedders Corporation of our reports dated October
12, 1999 with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of
Fedders Corporation appearing in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended August 31, 1999.





















      /s/BDO Seidman, LLP
      Woodbridge, New Jersey
      December 6, 1999




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