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                                                                 EXHIBIT 23.2(A)
 
To the Board of Directors
and Shareholder of
Fiskars Power Systems AS
 
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 33-63969, 33-64818 and 33-88466) on Form S-3, registration statements
(Nos. 33-63973, 33-63971, 33-39311, 33-39310, 33-35202 and 33-64121) on Form
S-8, and registration statement (No. 333-2471) on Form S-4 of Exide Electronics
Group, Inc. of our report dated March 15, 1996 with respect to the balance
sheets of Fiskars Power Systems AS as of September 30, 1995 and December 31,
1994 and 1995, and the related statements of income and retained earnings and of
cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and each of the years in
the three-year period ended December 31, 1995, which report appears in the Form
8-K/A of Exide Electronics Group, Inc. dated July 9, 1996.
 
Oslo, Norway
July 9, 1996
KPMG as
 
Tom Myhre
State Authorized Public Accountant (Norway)