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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Sal Giordano, Jr., certify that:

     1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Fedders
          Corporation;

     2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
          statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
          necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
          under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
          information included in this report, fairly present in all material
          respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
          of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
          report;

     4.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
          defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
          control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
          13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

               (a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                    such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
                    our supervision, to ensure that material information
                    relating to the registrant, including

               (b)  its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
                    within those entities, particularly during the period in
                    which this report is being prepared; Designed such internal
                    control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
                    control over financial reporting to be designed under our
                    supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
                    reliability of

               (c)  financial reporting and the preparation of financial
                    statements for external purposes in accordance with
                    generally accepted accounting principles; Evaluated the
                    effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
                    procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
                    about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
                    procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
                    report based on such evaluation; and

               (d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
                    internal control over financial reporting that occurred
                    during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the
                    registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
                    report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
                    likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
                    control over financial reporting; and

     5.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
          registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
          functions):

               (a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                    design or operation of internal control over financial
                    reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
                    the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
                    report financial information; and

               (b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                    or other employees who have a significant role in the
                    registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


                                        /s/ SAL GIORDANO, JR.
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                                        Sal Giordano, Jr.
                                        Chief Executive Officer

Date: December 30, 2005


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