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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectuses
constituting part of the Registration Statements on Form S-3 and in the
Registration Statements on Form S-8 listed below of Exide Electronics Group,
Inc. of our report dated January 16, 1996, except as to Note 13 which is as of
February 9, 1996, relating to the combined/consolidated financial statements of
Deltec Power Systems, Inc., which appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K of
Exide Electronics Group, Inc. dated February 21, 1996.
 
          1.  Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-63969)
 
          2.  Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-64818)
 
          3.  Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-88466)
 
          4.  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-35202)
 
          5.  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-39310)
 
          6.  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-39311)
 
          7.  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-63971)
 
          8.  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-63973)
 
          9.  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-64121)
 
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February 20, 1996