EXHIBIT 3(i).7

                            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 AU, Inc.

SECOND:  The following  amendments to the  Certificate of  Incorporation  of the
Corporation was adopted by resolution  provided by the  shareholders on the 24th
day of  January,  2000,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the  Delaware  General
Corporation Law:

     Paragraph 1 of the Certificate of Incorporation,  as amended, of Equity AU,
Inc. is hereby repealed and amended by  substitution of the following  paragraph
1:

     "1. The name of the corporation is EQUITY TECHNOLOGIES & RESOURCES, INC."

     Paragraph 2 of the Certificate of Incorporation,  as amended, of Equity AU,
Inc., is hereby repealed and amended by substitution of the following  paragraph
2:

     "2.  The  address  of its  principle  place of  business  of the  surviving
     corporation is 1013 Centre Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19805." The agent for
     service of process will be  Corporate  Service  Company,  1013 Centre Road,
     Wilmington, Delaware 19805.

THIRD:  The date of adoption of the amendments by the  shareholders  was January
24, 2000.  The date of adoption of the  amendments by the Board of Directors was
January 24, 2000.

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: None.

SIXTH : The  manner in which  such  amendments  effect a change in the amount of
stated capital and the amount of stated capital changed by such amendments is as
follows: None.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the  Corporation has caused this  Certificate of Amendment to
the Certificate of Incorporation to be executed this 2nd day of January, 2000.

                                 EQUITY AU, 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)
                     )
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  AU,  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 2nd day of February, 2000.



                                        /s/Pam Kowalski
                                       -----------------------------------
                                       Notary Public, State of Kentucky

                                        Pam Kowalski
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                                        (Printed/Typed Name of Notary
My Commission Expires:
 August 17, 2002
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