10.0.2627;EXHIBIT 3(i).8

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                                 EQUITY AU, INC.


Pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware  General  Corporation Law, Equity AU,
Inc.,  adopts  the  following   Certificate  Amendment  to  its  Certificate  of
Incorporation:

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Equity Technologies & Resources, Inc.

SECOND:  The following  amendment to the  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of the
Corporation  was adopted by resolution  provided by the  shareholders on the 1st
day  of  August,  2002,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the  Delaware  General
Corporation Law:

         Article 4 of the  Certificate of  Incorporation,  as amended,  of
         Equity  Technologies  & Resources,  Inc., is hereby  repealed and
         amended by substitution of the following Article Four (4):


                                    ARTICLE 4

     The  aggregate  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock,  Class A,  which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is Three Hundred Million (300,000,000)
shares, with a par value of $.0001.

     The  aggregate  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock,  Class B,  which the
Corporation  shall have  authority  to issue is One Hundred  Thousand  (100,000)
shares, with a par value of $.01.

     The aggregate  number of shares of Preferred  Stock,  Class A,  non-voting,
which the Corporation  shall have authority to issue is Two Million  (2,000,000)
shares, with a par value of $.001.

     The aggregate  number of shares of Preferred  Stock,  Class B,  non-voting,
which the  Corporation  shall have authority to issue is Three Hundred  Thousand
(300,000) shares, with a par value of $.001.

     The aggregate  number of shares of Preferred  Stock,  Class C,  non-voting,
which the  Corporation  shall have  authority  to issue is One Hundred  Thousand
(100,000) shares, with a par value of $.001.


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THIRD:  The date of adoption of the amendment by the  shareholders was August 1,
2002 and the date of adoption of the  amendment  by the Board of  Directors  was
August 1, 2002.

FOURTH:  The  number of shares  voted for the  amendment  by the  holders of the
outstanding  shares  of common  stock was  sufficient  for the  approval  of the
amendment.

FIFTH:  The manner in which any exchange,  reclassification  or  cancellation of
issued shares provided for in the amendments shall be effected as follows.

SIXTH : The  manner in which such  amendments  effects a change in the amount of
stated capital and the amount of stated capital changed by such amendments is as
follows.

         The amount of stated  capital  is being  decreased  from  $99,900
         (99,900,000 x $.001) to $30,000  (300,000,000 x $.0001) and, from
         $2,000,000  (2,000,000  x $1.00) to $2,000  (2,000,ooo  x $ .001)
         and,  from  $300,000  (300,000 x $1.00) to $300 (300,000 x $.001)
         and, from $100,000 (100,000 x $1.00) to $100 (100,000 x $.001).

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  Equity  Technologies  & Resources,  Inc.,  has caused this
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to be executed this
1st day of August, 2002.

EQUITY TECHNOLOGIES & RESOURCES, INC.
a Delaware Corporation

By:  (x) Frank G. Dickey, Jr.
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         Frank G. Dickey, Jr., President


ATTEST:

Laura G. White
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Laura G. White, Secretary




THE STATE OF KENTUCKY)
                                    ) SCT.
COUNTY OF FAYETTE)

     BEFORE ME, the undersigned  authority, a Notary Public in and for the State
of Kentucky,  on this day  personally  appeared  Frank G.  Dickey,  President of
Equity Technologies & Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation, known to me to be
the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged  to me that he executed  the same as a duly  authorized  officer of
such corporation,  and as the act and deed of such corporation, for the purposes
and consideration therein expressed,  and in the capacity therein expressed, and
in the capacity therein stated.

     GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 1st day of August, 2002.

My Commission Expires: July 2005
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                                       /s/Lisa A. Taylor
                                       -----------------------------------
                                       Notary Public, State of Kentucky


                                       Lisa A. Taylor
                                       -----------------------------------
                                       (Printed/Typed Name of Notary)