Exhibit 4.6


THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT
BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE SUCH A REGISTRATION
IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO
AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.  THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFERS SET FORTH IN A SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 3, 1998
(AS AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED THROUGH THE DATE HEREOF, THE "SHAREHOLDERS
AGREEMENT"), BY AND AMONG ELGAR HOLDINGS, INC. AND THE SHAREHOLDERS NAMED
THEREIN, A COPY OF WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE OFFICES OF THE
COMPANY.  NO TRANSFER OF SUCH SECURITIES WILL BE MADE ON THE BOOKS OF THE
COMPANY UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH
AGREEMENTS.
                                          
              EXERCISABLE AT ANY TIME SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS HEREOF

NO.___                         JFL-EEC MERGER SUB CO.
                                WARRANT CERTIFICATE

                         Warrant Certificate for Warrants 
                         to Purchase _______ Warrant Shares

          This Warrant Certificate certifies that, for value received,
[warrantholder] (the "Holder") is the owner of the number of Warrants (as
defined in Section 1.2(a) below) set forth above, each of which entitles the
Holder to purchase from JFL-EEC MERGER SUB CO., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") at any time from and after the date hereof and until the Expiration
Date (as defined in Section 2.1 hereof) one Warrant Share (as defined below), at
the purchase price stated in Section 2.3 hereof (the "Exercise Price").  The
number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants and the
Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as herein
provided.

          For purposes of this Warrant Certificate, "Warrant Shares" shall mean
shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common
Stock"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if, in accordance with Section 6.3 hereof, the
securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are issued by an entity other
than the Company or there is a change in the class of securities so issuable,
then the "Warrant Shares" shall mean the securities so issuable by such entity
or the securities of the class of securities so issuable.



          The Warrants are subject to the following terms, conditions and
provisions:

          SECTION 1.  REGISTRATION; TRANSFERABILITY; EXCHANGE OF WARRANT
CERTIFICATE.

          1.1  REGISTRATION.  The Company shall number and register the Warrants
in a register (the "Warrant Register") maintained at the principal office of the
Company (the "Office").  The Company shall be entitled to treat the Holder of
the Warrants as the owner thereof for all purposes and shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Warrants on the
part of any other person.

          1.2   TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

          (a)  Subject to compliance with any restrictions on transfer set forth
in the Shareholders Agreement, dated as of February 3, 1998, by and among Elgar
Holdings, Inc., JFL-EEC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Jackson
National Life Insurance Company ("Jackson National"), Indosuez Electronics
Partners, a Delaware general partnership ("Indosuez"), Old Hickory Fund, L.L.C.
and the other shareholders named therein (the "Shareholders' Agreement")
(Jackson National, Indosuez and Old Hickory Fund I, L.L.C. shall sometimes be
collectively referred to herein as the "Initial Warrantholders"), the warrants
issued to the Initial Warrantholders (the "Warrants") shall be transferable only
on the Warrant Register upon delivery thereof by the Holder or by his duly
authorized attorney or representative or accompanied by proper evidence of
succession, assignment or authority to transfer.  Upon any such registration of
transfer, a new Warrant Certificate, in substantially the form of this Warrant
Certificate, evidencing the Warrants so transferred shall be issued to the
transferee of such Warrants and a new Warrant Certificate, in substantially the
form of this Warrant Certificate, evidencing the remaining Warrants, if any, not
so transferred, shall be issued to the Holder.  In all cases of transfer by an
attorney, the original power of attorney, duly approved, or a copy thereof, duly
certified, shall be deposited and shall remain with the Company.  In case of
transfers by executors, administrators, guardians or other legal
representatives, duly authenticated evidence of their authority shall be
produced, and may be required to be deposited and to remain with the Company in
its discretion. No transfer of the Warrants or any interest therein other than
in compliance with this Section 1.2 shall be made or recorded in the Warrant
Register, and any such purported transfer shall be void and of no effect.

          (b)  This Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, in whole or in part,
upon the surrender hereof by the holder hereof at the Office for new Warrant
Certificates, in substantially the form of this Warrant Certificate, evidencing
in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares that may
then be purchased hereunder, each of such new Warrant Certificates to be dated
the date of such exchange and to represent the right to purchase such number of
Warrant Shares as shall be designated by the holder of such new Warrant
Certificates at the time of such surrender.


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          SECTION 2.  TERM OF WARRANTS; EXERCISE OF WARRANTS.

          2.1  TERM OF WARRANT.  Subject to the terms of this Warrant
Certificate, the Holder shall have the right, which may be exercised by the
registered Holder hereof from time to time on any Business Day before 5:00 P.M.
(New York City time) during the period through and including August 3, 2008 (the
"Expiration Date") to purchase from the Company an aggregate of _______ fully
paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares or such other number of Warrant Shares
which the Holder may at the time be entitled to purchase in accordance with this
Warrant Certificate.  At 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the Expiration Date,
each Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no
value.

          2.2  EXERCISE OF WARRANTS.  Subject to the terms of this Warrant
Certificate, the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may be exercised
in whole or in part, upon surrender to the Company, at its Office, of this
Warrant Certificate, with a Purchase Form substantially in the form attached
hereto duly completed and signed, and upon payment to the Company of the
Exercise Price.  Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price shall be in cash;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in lieu of payment in cash, the Holder may, at its
option, pay all or a portion of the aggregate Exercise Price by tendering shares
it holds of the Series A 10% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of the
Company, which shares shall be valued at their stated liquidation value, plus
any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon, to the date of exercise pursuant to
this Section 2.2.  Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price in cash shall be by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated in writing
by the Company to the Holder.

          Upon the surrender of this Warrant Certificate, with the Purchase Form
duly executed, and payment of the Exercise Price as aforesaid, the Company shall
(subject to compliance, if necessary, with applicable provisions of the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended), promptly and,
in any event within ten Business Days, issue and deliver to or upon the written
order of the Holder and in such name or names as the Holder may designate a
certificate or certificates for such number of Warrant Shares so purchased. 
Such certificate or certificates shall be dated and deemed to have been issued
as of the date of the surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the
Exercise Price, as aforesaid.  The right of purchase represented by this Warrant
Certificate shall be exercisable, at the election of the Holder, in full at any
time or in part from time to time.  In the event the Holder shall exercise fewer
than all the Warrants evidenced hereby, a new Warrant Certificate shall be
issued evidencing the remaining unexercised Warrants.

          2.3  EXERCISE PRICE.  The price per share at which each Warrant Share
shall be purchased upon exercise of each Warrant (the "Exercise Price") shall be
$5.00, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 6 LESS an amount per Warrant
equal to the dividends in respect of the Warrant Shares that the holder would
have received had such Warrant been exercised on February 3, 1998.  The
aggregate Exercise Price for all Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant
Certificate shall be rounded to the next higher $0.01.


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          SECTION 3.  PAYMENT OF TAXES.  The Company covenants and agrees that
it will pay when due and payable all documentary, stamp and other similar taxes,
if any, which may be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of the
Warrants or of the Warrant Shares purchasable and issuable upon the exercise of
the Warrants; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to pay
any such tax or other charge imposed in respect of the transfer of Warrants, or
the issuance or delivery of certificates for Warrant Shares or other Securities
in respect of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of Warrants, to a person or
entity other than a then-existing registered Holder of Warrants.

          SECTION 4.  MUTILATED OR MISSING WARRANTS.  In the event this Warrant
Certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall
issue and deliver in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the
mutilated Warrant Certificate, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Warrant
Certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor
and representing an equivalent right or interest, but only upon, in the event of
a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, receipt of evidence satisfactory to the
Company of such loss, theft or destruction and, if requested by the Company,
upon indemnity that also is satisfactory to it; PROVIDED that a written
undertaking of such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant Certificate by
the registered Holder hereof shall be deemed a satisfactory indemnity of the
Company for purposes of this Section 4.  In making application for such a
substitute Warrant Certificate, the Holder shall also comply with such other
reasonable requirements as the Company may prescribe.

          SECTION 5.  RESERVATION AND AVAILABILITY OF WARRANT SHARES; PURCHASE
AND CANCELLATION OF WARRANTS.

          5.1  RESERVATION OF WARRANT SHARES.  

          (a)  The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available free
from preemptive rights, out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued
shares of Common Stock, for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy any
obligations to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants, the full
number of Warrant Shares deliverable upon the exercise of all the Warrants
evidenced by this Warrant Certificate.  The Company or, if appointed, the
transfer agent for the Common Stock and every subsequent transfer agent for any
shares of the Company's capital stock issuable upon the exercise of any of the
rights of purchase aforesaid (each, a "Transfer Agent") shall be irrevocably
authorized and directed at all times to reserve such number of authorized shares
of Common Stock as shall be required for such purpose.  The Company will keep a
copy of this Warrant Certificate on file with each Transfer Agent.  The Company
will furnish such Transfer Agent a copy of all notices of adjustments and
certificates related thereto which are transmitted to the Holder pursuant to
Section 6 hereof.

          (b)  The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants will, upon issuance, be fully paid, nonassessable and
free from preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens, charges and security
interests with respect to the issuance thereof.


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          (c)  Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment pursuant
to Section 6, the Company will take any and all corporate action which may, in
the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly
and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares at the Exercise
Price as so adjusted.

          5.2  WARRANT SHARES RECORD DATE.  Each person in whose name any stock
certificate for Warrant Shares is issued shall for all purposes be deemed to
have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares represented thereby, and
such stock certificate shall be dated the date upon which this Warrant
Certificate was duly surrendered and payment of the Exercise Price (and any
applicable transfer taxes) was made.

          5.3  CANCELLATION OF WARRANT.  Upon surrender of the Warrant
Certificate for exchange, substitution, transfer or exercise, it shall be
cancelled by the Company and retired.

          SECTION 6.  ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES AND EXERCISE PRICE.
The number of securities purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant and the
Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the
happening of certain events as hereinafter described.

          6.1  MANDATORY ADJUSTMENTS.  The number of securities purchasable upon
the exercise of the Warrants and the Exercise Price shall be subject to
adjustment as follows:

               (a)  In case the Company shall (i) declare or pay a dividend on
     any of its outstanding Common Stock in shares of Common Stock or make a
     distribution to holders of its outstanding Common Stock in shares of Common
     Stock, (ii) subdivide any of its outstanding Common Stock into a greater
     number of shares of Common Stock, (iii) combine any of its outstanding
     Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock or (iv) issue
     by reclassification of any of its shares of Common Stock other securities
     of the Company (including any such reclassification in connection with a
     consolidation, merger or other business combination in which the Company is
     the surviving corporation), the number and kind of Warrant Shares
     purchasable and issuable upon exercise of the Warrants shall be adjusted so
     that the Holder, upon exercise thereof, shall be entitled to receive the
     number and kind of Warrant Shares and other securities of the Company that
     the Holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the
     happening of any of the events described above had the Warrants been
     exercised and the relevant Warrant Shares issued in the name of the Holder
     immediately prior to the happening of such event or, if applicable, any
     record date with respect thereto.  An adjustment made pursuant to this
     paragraph (a) shall become effective on the date of the dividend payment,
     subdivision, combination or issuance retroactive to the record date with
     respect thereto, if any, for such event.  Upon adjustment of the number of
     Warrant Shares as provided in this paragraph (a), the Exercise Price
     payable upon exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying such
     Exercise Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction of which
     the numerator shall be the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the
     exercise of each Warrant immediately prior to such 


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     adjustment and of which the denominator shall be the number of Warrant 
     Shares purchasable immediately thereafter.

               (b)  In case the Company shall distribute to all holders of its
     outstanding Common Stock evidences of indebtedness of the Company, cash
     (including cash dividends payable out of consolidated earnings or earned
     surplus) or assets or securities other than its Common Stock (including
     stock of a subsidiary or securities convertible into or exercisable for
     such stock but excluding dividends or distributions referred to in Sections
     6.1(a) above or Section 6.1(c) below) (any such evidences of indebtedness,
     cash, assets or securities, the "assets or securities"), then, in each
     case, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by subtracting from the Exercise
     Price then in effect the value per share (as determined in accordance with
     Section 6.2(b)) of the assets or securities that the Holder would have been
     entitled to receive as a result of such distribution had the Warrant been
     exercised and the relevant Warrant Shares issued in the name of the Holder
     immediately prior to the record date for such distribution; PROVIDED that
     if, after giving effect to such adjustment, the Exercise Price would be
     less than $0.01 per share, the Company shall distribute such assets or
     securities to the Holder as if the Holder had exercised the Warrants and
     the Warrant Shares had been issued in the name of the Holder immediately
     prior to the record date for such distribution.  Any adjustment required by
     this Section 6.1(b) shall be made whenever any such distribution is made,
     and shall become effective on the date of distribution retroactive to the
     record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such
     distribution.

               (c)  If at any time after the date hereof the Company shall issue
     or sell any shares of Common Stock or any warrants, options or rights to
     subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or securities convertible into
     Common Stock (but excluding distributions referred to in paragraph (a) or
     (b) above or (d) below), and the consideration per share for, or the price
     per share at which such warrant, option or right is exercisable for or
     convertible into, such Common Stock is less than the Fair Market Value (as
     defined below) of the Common Stock immediately prior to such issuance or
     sale, then, forthwith upon such issuance or sale, the Exercise Price shall
     be reduced to the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in
     effect immediately prior to the time of such issuance or sale by a fraction
     the numerator of which shall be the sum of (i) the number of shares of
     Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale
     MULTIPLIED BY the Fair Market Value immediately prior to such issuance or
     sale and (ii) the consideration received by the Company upon such issuance
     or sale, and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares
     of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such issuance or sale
     MULTIPLIED BY the Fair Market Value immediately prior to such issuance or
     sale.

               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, without
     adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 6.1(c), issue
     options, warrants or rights to subscribe for shares of its Common Stock to
     officers, directors, employees, 


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     consultants or agents of the Company pursuant to the terms of any stock 
     option plan or arrangement approved by the Board of Directors, and may 
     issue shares of its Common Stock upon the exercise of any such stock 
     options, warrants or rights; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the aggregate number 
     of shares of Common Stock that may be issued at any one time under such 
     stock option plan or arrangement without adjustment to the Exercise Price 
     under this Section 6.1(c) shall not exceed, in the aggregate 300,000 shares
     (appropriately adjusted for stock splits, dividends and/or combinations.

               As used herein, "Fair Market Value" of the Common Stock or other
     securities means, on any date, the average of the last sale price, regular
     way, for the 10-business day period immediately preceding such date, or if
     no such sales took place during such 10-business day period, the average of
     the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for each day in such
     10-business day period, in either case as reported on the principal
     consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed
     on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common
     Stock or such other securities are listed, or, if the Common Stock or such
     other securities are not listed or admitted to trading on any national
     securities exchange, the average of the last quoted sale price for such
     10-business day period or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid
     and low asked prices for each day in such 10-business day period in the
     over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of
     Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or such other system
     then in use, or, if on any such date the Common Stock is not quoted by any
     such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices during
     such 10-business day period as furnished by a professional market maker
     making a market in the Common Stock or such other securities selected by
     the Board of Directors of the Company.  If the shares of Common Stock or
     such other securities are not publicly held or so listed or publicly
     traded, "Fair Market Value" shall mean the fair market value per share of
     Common Stock or such other securities as determined by the Company and the
     holders of at least a majority of the Warrants issued to the Warrantholders
     that are then outstanding. negotiating in good faith toward agreeing upon
     such value.  If no agreement can be reached within 14 days from the date of
     receipt by Required Purchasers of the notice required by Section 6.2(a),
     the Company and the Required Purchasers shall appoint within 21 days from
     the date of such receipt a mutually acceptable independent investment
     banking firm to determine the Fair Market Value.  Such firm shall make the
     necessary determination which shall be binding absent actual fraud or
     manifest error.  The fees of such firm for making such determination and
     any related reimbursable expenses shall be paid by the Company.

               (d)  If at any time after the date hereof the Company shall issue
     or sell to any person any securities convertible into or exercisable for
     Common Stock ("Convertible Securities") (other than securities distributed
     in a transaction described in paragraph (b) or (c) above), whether or not
     the rights to exchange or convert thereunder are immediately exercisable,
     and the price per share for which Common 


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     Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange shall be less than 
     the Fair Market Value in effect immediately prior to the time of such 
     issue or sale, then the Exercise Price shall be adjusted as provided in 
     subparagraph (c) above on the basis that (i) the maximum number of 
     shares of Common Stock necessary to effect the conversion or exchange of 
     all such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued and 
     outstanding, (ii) the price per share of such shares shall be deemed to 
     be the lowest possible price in any range of prices at which such 
     additional shares are available to such holders, and (iii) the Company 
     shall be deemed to have received all of the consideration payable 
     therefor, if any, as of the date of actual issuance of such Convertible 
     Securities.  No adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made under 
     this subparagraph (d) upon the issuance of any Convertible Securities 
     which are issued pursuant to the exercise of any warrants or other 
     subscription or purchase rights therefor, if any such adjustment shall 
     previously have been made upon the issuance of such warrants or other 
     rights pursuant to subparagraph (c) above.  No further adjustments of 
     the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common 
     Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities and, if 
     any issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise 
     of any warrant or other right to subscribe for or to purchase any such 
     Convertible Securities for which adjustments of the Exercise Price have 
     been or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 6.1, 
     no further adjustments of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of 
     such issue or sale.  For the purposes of this subparagraph (d), the date 
     as of which the Exercise Price shall be computed shall be the earlier of 
     (i) the date on which the Company shall enter into a firm contract for 
     the issuance of such Convertible Securities and (ii) the date of actual 
     issuance of such Convertible Securities.  Such adjustments shall be made 
     upon each issuance of Convertible Securities and shall become effective 
     immediately after such issuance.

               (e)  No adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable
     hereunder shall be required unless such adjustment would require an
     increase or decrease of at least one quarter of one percent (0.25%) in the
     number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant;
     PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any adjustments which by reason of this
     Section 6.1(e) are not required to be made shall be made immediately prior
     to any exercise of any Warrants or, if no such exercise occurs prior to the
     time that any subsequent adjustment would be made, carried forward and
     taken into account in such subsequent adjustment.  All calculations shall
     be made to the nearest one-thousandth of a share.  No adjustment need be
     made for a change in the par value of the Warrant Shares.

               (f)  Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to
     paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Section 6.1, this Warrant Certificate
     shall be deemed to evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Exercise
     Price, that number of Warrant Shares obtained by multiplying the number of
     Warrant Shares covered by this Warrant Certificate immediately prior to
     such adjustment by the Exercise Price in 


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     effect prior to such adjustment and dividing the product so obtained by 
     the Exercise Price in effect after such adjustment.

               (g)  The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any
     given time shall not include shares directly or indirectly owned or held by
     or for the account of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and the
     disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of
     Common Stock for the purposes of this Section 6.1.

          6.2  NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT.

          (a)  The Company hereby agrees that whenever any adjustment of the
number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants or the
Exercise Price of such Warrants is effected as herein provided, the Company
shall promptly notify the Holder, by first class mail, postage prepaid, of such
adjustment and shall deliver to the Holder a certificate of the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, setting forth in reasonable detail (i) the number of
Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants and the Exercise
Price of the Warrants after such adjustment, (ii) a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment and (iii) the computation by which such adjustment was
made.

          (b)  If any adjustment is required to be made pursuant to
Section 6.1(b) (unless the PROVISO to the first sentence of that Section is
applicable to the action), the Company and the holders of at least a majority of
the Warrants issued to the Warrantholders that are then outstanding shall
negotiate in good faith toward agreeing upon the value of the assets or
securities and the necessary adjustment.  If no agreement can be reached within
14 days from the date of receipt by Required Purchasers of such notice, the
Company and the Required Purchasers shall appoint within 21 days from the date
of such receipt a mutually acceptable independent investment banking firm to
determine the necessary adjustment.  Such firm shall make the necessary
determination which shall be binding absent actual fraud or manifest error.  The
fees of such firm for making such determination and any related reimbursable
expenses shall be paid by the Company.

          6.3  PRESERVATION OF PURCHASE RIGHTS UPON MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, ETC.

          (a)  In the event of any merger, consolidation or other acquisition or
business combination in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or in
which all of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company is converted into,
acquired or exchanged for securities, cash or property or in the event of the
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company,
then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that, upon the
basis and upon the terms and in the manner provided in this Section 6.3, the
holder of this Warrant Certificate, upon the exercise of any of its Warrants at
any time after the consummation of such consolidation, merger, transfer,
reorganization or reclassification, shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise prior to such consummation,
the stock, securities, cash and assets to which such holder would have been
entitled upon such consummation if such holder had so exercised 


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such Warrant immediately prior thereto, at the aggregate Exercise Price in 
effect for all shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise immediately 
prior to such consummation as adjusted to the time of such transaction 
(subject to adjustments subsequent to such corporate action as nearly 
equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for in Section 6.1 above); 
provided, however, that the holder of this Warrant Certificate shall not be 
required to accept as consideration any property or securities the holding of 
which by such holder would be prohibited by any law, rule or regulation of 
any governmental entity or insurance industry regulatory body.  Such 
undertaking shall provide for adjustments, which shall be as nearly 
equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this 
Section 6; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if upon such consolidation, merger, 
transfer, reorganization or reclassification, different holders of Common 
Stock shall be entitled to receive different forms of consideration for their 
Common Stock, the form of such consideration thereafter deliverable upon the 
exercise of the Warrants shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of 
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive.  The provisions of this 
Section 6.3 shall also apply to successive mergers or consolidations.

          (b)  Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company,
the Holder shall receive such cash or property (less the Exercise Price) which
the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such
liquidation, dissolution or winding up had the Warrants been exercised and the
Warrant Shares issued immediately prior to the occurrence of such liquidation,
dissolution or winding up.

          6.4  STATEMENT ON THE WARRANT.  Irrespective of any adjustments in the
number or kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant or the
Exercise Price, any Warrant Certificate theretofore or thereafter issued may
continue to express the same price and number and any kind of shares as are
stated in this Warrant Certificate.

          SECTION 7.  FRACTIONAL INTERESTS.  The Holder shall not be required to
accept fractional securities on the exercise of Warrants.  If any fraction of a
security would be issuable on the exercise of Warrants, the Holder may, at its
option, require the Company to pay to the Holder of such Warrants an amount in
cash equal to the fair market value of such fraction.

          SECTION 8.  REGISTRATION.  The Holder shall, from time to time, have
the rights, if any, with respect to registration of Warrant Shares as are set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement for such Warrant Shares.

          SECTION 9.  NO RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER; NOTICES TO HOLDER.  Nothing
contained in this Warrant Certificate shall be construed as conferring upon the
Holder the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in
respect of any meeting of shareholders of the Company for the election of the
directors of the Company or any other matter, or any rights whatsoever as a
shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the exercise of
the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, any of the following events
shall occur:


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               (a)  the Company shall declare any dividend payable in cash or in
     any securities upon its shares of Common Stock or make any distribution to
     the holders of its shares of Common Stock;

               (b)  the Company shall offer to all holders of its shares of
     Common Stock any additional shares of Common Stock or securities
     convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or any right to
     subscribe for or purchase any thereof;

               (c)  a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company
     (other than in connection with a consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
     lease of all or substantially all of its property, assets and business as
     an entirety) shall be proposed; or

               (d)  any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party
     and for which approval of the holders of Common Stock is required, or of
     the conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all assets of the
     Company as, or substantially as, an entirety, or of any reclassification or
     change of outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
     Warrant (other than a change in par value to no par value, or from no par
     value to par value) or as a result of a subdivision or combination (except
     the merger of the Company into Elgar Holdings, Inc. (formerly Carlyle-EEC
     Holdings, Inc.) pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
     January 2, 1998),

then in any one or more of said events, the Company shall give to the Holder the
greater of 15 business days' written notice and the number of days written
notice required to be given to shareholders with respect to such action prior to
the applicable record date hereinafter specified, stating (i) the date as of
which the holders of record of shares of Common Stock to be entitled to receive
any such dividends, rights or warrants are to be determined or (ii) the date on
which any such dissolution, liquidation, winding up, consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer is expected to become effective and the date as of which
it is expected that holders of record of shares of Common Stock shall be
entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other
property, if any, deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, or winding up.

          SECTION 10.  IDENTITY OF TRANSFER AGENT.  Forthwith upon the
appointment of any Transfer Agent for the Common Stock, or any other shares of
the Company's capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, the
Company shall promptly notify the Holder of the name and address of such
Transfer Agent.

          SECTION 11.  NOTICES.  Any notice, except as provided in Section 9 of
this Warrant Certificate, or demand authorized by this Warrant Certificate to be
given by the Holder to the Company, shall be in writing and shall be delivered
in person or by facsimile transmission, or mailed by overnight courier, or
otherwise delivered, to the Company, in care of J.F. Lehman & Company, 450 Park
Avenue, New York, New York 10022, attention of 


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Mr. Donald Glickman.  The Company may change the address to which notices to 
it are to be delivered or mailed hereunder by notice to the Holder.

          Any notice pursuant to this Warrant Certificate by the Company to the
Holder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by overnight courier or otherwise
delivered, to the Holder at its address set forth in the Warrant Register.  In
addition, a courtesy copy of any such notice shall be delivered to Schwartz,
Cooper, Greenberger & Krauss, 180 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2700, Chicago,
Illinois 60601 Attention: Brian O'Neil, Esq.

          Notices delivered personally shall be effective at the time delivered
by hand, notices sent by mail shall be effective when received, notices sent by
facsimile transmission shall be effective when confirmed and notices sent by
courier guaranteeing next day delivery shall be effective on the next business
day after timely delivery to the courier.

          SECTION 12.  AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.  Any term, covenant, agreement or
condition in this Warrant Certificate may be amended, or compliance therewith
may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either
retroactively or prospectively), by a written instrument or written instruments
executed by the Company and the holders of at least 66K% of the Warrants issued
to the Warrantholders that are then outstanding; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such
amendment or waiver shall change the number of Warrant Shares issuable under the
Warrants, change the Exercise Price, change the period during which the Warrants
may be exercised or modify any provision of Section 6 or this Section 12 without
the consent of the holders of all such Warrants then outstanding or shall have a
disparate and adverse impact on any Warrantholder.

          SECTION 13.  SUCCESSORS.  All the covenants and provisions of this
Warrant Certificate by or for the benefit of the Company shall bind and inure to
the benefit of its respective successors and assigns hereunder.

          SECTION 14.  GOVERNING LAW.  This Warrant Certificate shall be
construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of
Delaware applicable to contracts executed and to be performed wholly within such
state, without regard to the principles of conflicts or choice of law.

          SECTION 15.  BENEFITS OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE. Nothing in this
Warrant Certificate shall be construed to give to any person or entity other
than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Warrant Certificate; and this Warrant Certificate shall be for the
sole and exclusive benefit of this Company and the Holder.

          SECTION 16.  SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES.  This Warrant Certificate
shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the earlier of
5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the Expiration Date or the date on which all
of the Warrants have been exercised.


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          SECTION 17.  AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND.  The Holder acknowledges and
hereby agrees to be bound by such terms and conditions of the Shareholders'
Agreement as are by their terms applicable to the Holder.  Any and all Warrant
Shares issued upon exercise hereof shall, immediately upon such issuance, and
without further action by or on behalf of the Holder or the Company, become
subject to such terms and conditions of the Shareholders' Agreement as are by
their terms applicable to such Warrant Shares.

          SECTION 17.  CAPTIONS.  The captions of the Sections and paragraphs of
this Warrant Certificate have been inserted for convenience only and shall have
no substantive effect.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to
be duly executed this 3 day of February 1998.


                                       JFL-EEC MERGER SUB CO.


                                       By:  
                                           --------------------------------
                                           Donald Glickman
                                           President




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                           FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

          (To Be Executed by the Holder if the Holder Desires to Exercise
Warrants Evidenced by the Foregoing Warrant Certificate)

To JFL-EEC Merger Sub Co.:

          The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise ____________
Warrants evidenced by the foregoing Warrant Certificate for, and to purchase
thereunder, ____________ full shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
said Warrants and delivery of $_____ in cash (or in liquidation preference of
the Series A 10% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of the Company, or any
combination thereof) with and any applicable taxes payable by the undersigned
pursuant to such Warrant Certificate.

          The undersigned requests that certificates for such shares be issued
in the name of ____________________________.

                                       PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY 
                                       OR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

(Please print name and address)        ------------------------------

                                       ------------------------------

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          If said number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by
the foregoing Warrant Certificate, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant
Certificate evidencing the Warrants not so exercised be issued in the name of
and delivered to:
                                          
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                        (Please print name and address)


                                              By:
                                                  ----------------------------
                                                  Name:
                                                  Title:

Dated:
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                               FORM OF ASSIGNMENT


          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ____________________  hereby sells, assigns and
transfers to each assignee set forth below all of the rights of the undersigned
in and to the number of Warrants (as defined in and evidenced by the foregoing
Warrant Certificate) set opposite the name of such assignee below and in and to
the foregoing Warrant Certificate with respect to said Warrants and the shares
of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of said Warrants:




  Name of Assignee              Address                Number of Warrants   
- --------------------          -----------            ----------------------
                                              





          If the total of said Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced
by the foregoing Warrant Certificate, the undersigned requests that a new
Warrant Certificate evidencing the Warrants not so assigned be issued in the
name of and delivered to the undersigned.


                                       By:       
                                           ---------------------------------
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

Dated: 
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