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                                                                   Exhibit 23.1




INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE


We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements Nos.
333-10025, 33- 79080, 33-79078 and 33-50090 of IPL Systems, Inc. on Form S-8 of
our report dated February 21, 1997 (except for Note 14, for which the date is
March 7, 1997), (which report includes an explanatory paragraph as to an
uncertainty concerning going concern matters) appearing in this Amendment No. 1
to and Restatement of Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended 
December 31, 1996.

Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned report
also included the financial statement schedule of IPL Systems, Inc., listed in
Item 14. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our
audits. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in
relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in
all material respects the information set forth therein.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
   
April 29, 1997