POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Stuart Kupinsky, Molly Israel and
Brad Kalter, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to: (i) execute for and on behalf
of the undersigned, in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director
of Exide
Technologies, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5

in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the
rules thereunder; (ii) do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such
Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment
or amendments thereto, and
timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar
authority, including the NASDAQ National
Market; and (iii) take any other
action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in
the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and

shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned
hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this April 30th, 2004.



Signature of Section 16 Insider

/s/ John Reilly