Form: S-4

Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

December 31, 1996

EXHIBIT 23.1

Published on December 31, 1996



Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Accountants

We consent to the inclusion in this registration statement on Form S-4
(File No. ______________) of our report dated March 8, 1996, on our audits of
the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules of Sun
Distributors L.P. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the
caption "Experts."







COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 30, 1996