CREDIT FACILITIES (Details Textual) (USD $)	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Jun. 30, 2008	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 17, 2010	Jan. 27, 2008	Sep. 30, 2012 Albuquerque [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Scb Term Loan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Albuquerque Mortgage Loan [Member]	Dec. 16, 2009 Albuquerque Mortgage Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Equipment Line Of Credit [Member]	May 31, 2008 Wire and Cable Term Loan [Member]	May 30, 2008 Wire and Cable Term Loan [Member]	Apr. 30, 2008 Energy Loan [Member]	Apr. 02, 2008 Energy Loan [Member]	May 31, 2008 Seller Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Seller Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Albuquerque Term Loan [Member]	Dec. 16, 2009 Albuquerque Term Loan [Member]	Jul. 31, 2010 Celmet Term Loan [Member]	Jul. 30, 2010 Celmet Term Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Four Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 One Loan [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding				$ 20,000,000													$ 6,588
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity				15,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity				20,000,000						1,500,000
Line Of Credit Facility Interest Rate Minimum Percentage To Be Added To Base Rate	2.25%
Line Of Credit Facility Interest Rate Maximum Percentage To Be Added To Base Rate	3.75%
Prepayment Percentage Of Annual Excess Cash Flow			50.00%
Revolving Credit Facility, Decription																	Up to $20.0 million is available through December 17, 2013. The Company may borrow up to the lesser of (i) 85% of eligible receivables plus 35% of eligible inventories or (ii) $20.0 million. At IEC''''s election, another 35% of eligible inventories will be included in the borrowing base for limited periods of time during which a higher rate of interest is charged on the Revolver. Borrowings based on inventory balances are further limited to a cap of $3.75 million, or when subject to a higher percentage rate limit, $4.75 million. At September 30, 2012, the upper limit on Revolver borrowings was $20.0 million. Average available balances amounted to $12.9 million and $11.7 million during the twelve month periods ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011, respectively.
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage																	0.375%
Line Of Credit Facility Average Borrowing Capacity																	20,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Amount																	33,000	19,000
Long-term Line of Credit							20,000,000		4,000,000			1,700,000		200,000						5,000,000		2,000,000
Line Of Credit Repayment Monthly Installments							60 equal monthly installments.	60 monthly installments			60 months		60 equal monthly installments.		20 quarterly installments.				60 equal monthly installments		60 equal monthly installments.		48 months	60 months
Line of Credit Facility, Periodic Payment, Principal								22,000			28,000
Prepayment Of Term Loan											500,000
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate												6.70%		2.08%
Notes Payable															3,800,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment															160,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage																3.00%
Payments for Rent		389,000
Operating Leases, Rent Payments, Remainder Of Fiscal Year					227,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Liabilities Assumed						$ 100,000