NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

                               OFFER FOR OUTSTANDING
                            9-7/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2008

                                  IN EXCHANGE FOR

                            9-7/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2008

                                        OF

                                ELGAR HOLDINGS, INC.

     This form or one substantially equivalent to it must be used to exchange 
the Elgar Holdings, Inc. 9-7/8% Senior Notes Due 2008 (the "Old Notes") if 
certificates for the Old Notes are not immediately available or if time will 
not permit the Letter of Transmittal or other required documents to reach the 
United States Trust Company of New York, N.A. (the "Exchange Agent") prior to 
5:00 p.m. New York time on ______ __, 1998, at which time the right to 
exchange the Old Notes terminates.  This form must be delivered by hand, 
mail, telegram or facsimile transmission to the Exchange Agent as follows:

  MAIL DELIVERY TO: United States Trust Company of New York, N.A., EXCHANGE 
AGENT

                                      By Mail:
                                          
                      United States Trust Company of New York
                            P.O. Box 844, Cooper Station
                              New York, NY 10276-0841
                         Attention: Corporate Trust Services
                                          
                                          
                BY HAND:                              BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY:

     United States Trust Company                   United States Trust Company 
             of New York                                   of New York         
      111 Broadway, Lower Level                      770 Broadway, 13th Floor  
          New York, NY 10006                            New York, NY 10003     
      Attention: Corporate Trust                    Attention: Corporate Trust 
               Services                                      Services          

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               DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN 
               THOSE SHOWN ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE VALID DELIVERY.
                                          
   UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS DOCUMENT, THE OLD NOTES, A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND 
DULY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE 
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT WITHIN FOUR 
BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED 
DELIVERY. 
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     Ladies and Gentlemen:
                                          
     The undersigned hereby tenders the principal amount of Old Notes 
indicated below, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in 
the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by Elgar Holdings, Inc., a 
Delaware corporation, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
"Registration Statement") and the accompanying Prospectus dated July __, 1998 
included therein (the "Prospectus"), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged:





                        DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TENDERED
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    PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME(S) EXACTLY               
       AS IT APPEARS ON YOUR NOTE(S)                           PLEASE FILL IN   
         AND YOUR PRESENT ADDRESS                           NUMBERS AND AMOUNTS 
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NAME(S):                                               NOTE                  PRINCIPAL
                                                     NUMBER(S)                 AMOUNT 
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                                         TOTALS
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  SIGNATURES (ALL REGISTERED HOLDERS MUST SIGN):  ADDRESS:

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                        THE FOLLOWING GUARANTEE MUST BE COMPLETED

                                      GUARANTEE

     The undersigned, a member firm of a registered national securities exchange
or a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or a
commercial bank or trust company having an office, branch or agency in the
United States, hereby guarantees to deliver to the Exchange Agent at the address
set forth above, Old Note certificates surrendered for exchange hereby in proper
form for transfer, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter
of Transmittal and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal,
within four (4) business days after the date of delivery of this Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery.


Dated:                   , 199          Name of Firm:                           
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                                        Sign Here:
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                                                     (Authorized Signature)
                              
                              
                                        Name:                              
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                                                     (Please type or print)
                              

                              
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                                               (Area code and Telephone Number)
                                          
                                          
                                        Address:                           
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                                                                     (Zip code)

     NOTE:  DO NOT SEND OLD NOTES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY.  OLD
NOTES SHOULD BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.