Other, Net (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 HussmannBusinessEquityOwnership [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 HussmannBusinessEquityOwnership [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 HussmannBusinessEquityOwnership [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 HussmannBusinessEquityOwnership [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Bolivar to US Dollar exchange rate [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Bolivar to US Dollar exchange rate [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Devaluation of Venezuela Bolivar [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 March 2014 [Domain]
Interest income	$ 3.6	$ 2.6	$ 6.4	$ 5.9
Exchange gain (loss)	2.8	(7.4)	(1.4)	(6.8)							3.8
Earnings (loss) from equity investments					3.4	1.7	0.4	(2.5)
Other	(1.2)	0.7	5.3	1.5
Other, net	8.6	(2.4)	10.7	(1.9)
IR ownership interest, hussmann parent					37.20%		37.20%
Gain on Sale of Investments												$ 6.0
Exchange rate									6.3	4.29