Exhibit 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of General Cable Corporation on Form S-3 of our report dated January
29, 2003 (November 4, 2003 as to Note 25), which contains an unqualified opinion
and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to a change in its method of
accounting for certain inventory, appearing in General Cable Corporation's
current report on Form 8-K dated November 4, 2003 as of December 2002 and 2001
and for three years in the period ended December 31,2002 and to the reference to
us under the heading `Experts" in the Prospectus, which is part of this
Registration Statement.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio
December 22, 2003