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Exhibit 23.5
                         Consent of Independent Auditors


         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3, No. 333-58613) and the
related Prospectus of Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. and ADLT Trust I,
pertaining to the registration of $300,000,000 of securities, and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated September 24, 1999,
except for Note U, as to which the date is September 28, 1999 and Note L, as to
which the date is October 11, 1999, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. as of June 30, 1999 and for
the year then ended included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K/A No. 3) for the
year ended June 30, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                       /s/ Grant Thornton LLP


Cleveland, Ohio
July 10, 2000