EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
   
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the USI,
Inc. Registration Statement on Amendment No. 3 to Form S-4 and related Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus (Registration No. 333-47101) for the registration of
shares to be issued in connection with the merger among USI, Inc., U.S.
Industries, Inc. and Zurn Industries, Inc. and to the incorporation by reference
therein of our report dated May 19, 1997, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of Zurn Industries, Inc. included in its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1997, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
    
 
                                        ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 8, 1998