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                                                                  EXHIBIT 23(ii)

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the SPX Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the SPX Corporation Retirement
Savings and Stock Ownership Plan of our report dated January 23, 1998 with
respect to the financial statements  and schedule of General Signal Corporation
and consolidated subsidiaries included in the General Signal Corporation Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1997 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporated by reference in the current
report filed by SPX Corporation on Form 8-K/A dated November 5, 1998.


                                                       ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Stamford, Connecticut

January 5, 1999