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                                                                 EXHIBIT 23.4(A)
 
To the Board of Directors
and Shareholder of
Fiskars Power Systems AS
 
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
on Form S-3 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 and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
prospectus.
 
Oslo, Norway
July 10, 1996
KPMG as
 
Tom Myhre
State Authorized Public Accountant (Norway)