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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-3 Nos. 33-31932, 33-40222, 333-15933, 333-24187 and 333-28415) and in
the related Prospectuses, and in the Registration Statements (Form S-8 Nos.
33-31439, 33-33887, 33-34112, 33-34834, 33-44519, 33-58929, 333-04021, 333-45935
and 333-45939) pertaining to the 1987 Stock Option Plan of MagneTek, Inc., the
MagneTek, Inc. FlexCare Plus Retirement Savings Plan, the 1989 Incentive Stock
Compensation Plan of MagneTek, Inc., the MagneTek Unionized Employee Savings
Plan, the Amended and Restated 1989 Incentive Stock Compensation Plan of
MagneTek, Inc., the Second Amended and Restated 1989 Incentive Stock
Compensation Plan of MagneTek, Inc., the MagneTek, Inc. Non-Employee Director
Stock Option Plan, the MagneTek, Inc. 1997 Non-Employee Director Stock Option
Plan, the MagneTek, Inc. Director Compensation and Deferral Investment Plan, the
1999 Stock Incentive Plan of MagneTek, Inc. and the 2000 Employee Stock Plan of
MagneTek, Inc., of our reports dated August 18, 2000, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of MagneTek, Inc. included or
incorporated by reference in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended
June 30, 2000.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Nashville, Tennessee
September 25, 2000
