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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectuses
constituting part of the Registration Statements listed below of Exide
Electronics Group, Inc. of our report dated March 15, 1996, relating to the
combined/consolidated financial statements of Deltec Power Systems, Inc., which
appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Exide Electronics Group, Inc.
dated July 9, 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)
 
          10.  Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-2471)
 
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July 9, 1996