UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Knox, Lance L. 
   Lethbridge Group, Inc.
   3342 N. Southport Avenue
   Chicago, Illinois  60657   
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Exide Electronics Group, Inc.
   XUPS
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
   ###-##-####
4. Statement for Month/Year
   10/97
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
   
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
   (specify below)
   
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person


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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                 |
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1. Title of Security       |2.    |3.    |4.Securities Acquired (A)         |5.Amount of        |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect       |
                           | Transaction |  or Disposed of (D)              |  Securities       |ect   |  Beneficial Ownership     |
                           |      |      |                                  |  Beneficially     |(D)or |                           |
                           |      |    | |                  | A/|           |  Owned at         |Indir |                           |
                           | Date |Code|V|    Amount        | D |    Price  |  End of Month     |ect(I)|                           |
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Common Stock, par value    |10/16/|J(1)| |124,282           |D  |$29.00     |15,608  (1)(2)     |D     |                           |
$.01 per share             |97    |    |V|                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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 Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                   |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con-  |3.   |4.    |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount  |8.Price|9.Number    |10.|11.Nature of|
  Security            |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and|  of Underlying     |of Deri|of Deriva   |Dir|Indirect    |
                      |or Exer |     |      | rities Acqui  |Expiration |  Securities        |vative |tive        |ect|Beneficial  |
                      |cise    |     |      | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/|                    |Secu   |Securities  |(D)|Ownership   |
                      |Price of|     |      | posed of(D)   |Day/Year)  |                    |rity   |Benefi      |or |            |
                      |Deriva- |     |      |               |Date |Expir|                    |       |ficially    |Ind|            |
                      |tive    |     |      |           | A/|Exer-|ation|   Title and Number |       |Owned at    |ire|            |
                      |Secu-   |     |    | |           | D |cisa-|Date |   of Shares        |       |End of      |ct |            |
                      |rity    |Date |Code|V|  Amount   |   |ble  |     |                    |       |Month       |(I)|            |
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                      |        |     |    | |           |   |     |     |            |       |       |            |   |            |
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Explanation of Responses:


1. On October 16, 1997, BTR plc (the "Parent") and BTR
   Acquisition Corporation, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary
   of Parent (the "Purchaser"), entered into a Stockholder
   Agreement (the "Stockholder Agreement") with Lance L. Knox 1990  
   Trust, a trust for the benefit of Lance L. Knox, and three
   other stockholders (collectively, the "Four Stockholders") of
   Exide Electronics Group, Inc. (the "Company").  Pursuant to the
   Stockholder Agreement and subject to the terms set forth
   therein,  the Four Stockholders have agreed to tender, in
   accordance with the terms of the tender offer set forth in the
   Purchaser's Schedule 14D-1 dated as of October 20, 1997 (the
   "Offer"), 2,273,033 shares (including 124,282 shares owned by
   Lance L. Knox 1990 Trust) of common stock (the "Common Stock"),
   par value $.01 per share of the Company (collectively, the
   "Specified Shares").  Pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement,
   the Four Stockholders granted the Purchaser an irrevocable
   option (the "Option") to purchase the Specified Shares at the
   offer price set forth in the Offer, which Option becomes
   exercisable upon the termination in certain circumstances of
   the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"),
   dated October 16, 1997, by and among the Company, the Parent
   and the Purchaser.  The Option will expire 90 days after the
   occurrence of certain events that terminate the Merger
   Agreement, subject to certain conditions.  Pursuant to the
   Stockholder Agreement, the Four Stockholders also granted the
   Parent and Purchaser an irrevocable proxy for the Specified
   Shares in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
   Merger Agreement.  A copy of the Stockholder Agreement has been
   filed by the Company as Exhibit 4 to the Company's Schedule
   14D-9 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
   October 20, 1997 and relating to the Offer.

2. Excludes options to purchase 21,500 shares of Common
   Stock.


SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Lance L. Knox
Lance L. Knox

DATE
11/10/97