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ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES (Details) (USD $)
Jan. 03, 2015
Dec. 28, 2013
Payables and Accruals    
Salaries, wages, and commissions $ 38,800,000us-gaap_AccruedSalariesCurrent $ 27,200,000us-gaap_AccruedSalariesCurrent
Product warranty costs 9,400,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualClassifiedCurrent 9,500,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualClassifiedCurrent
Insurance 2,800,000us-gaap_AccruedInsuranceCurrent 3,400,000us-gaap_AccruedInsuranceCurrent
Employee benefits 11,100,000us-gaap_AccruedEmployeeBenefitsCurrent 10,300,000us-gaap_AccruedEmployeeBenefitsCurrent
Other 9,800,000us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 11,700,000us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Total accrued expenses 94,782,000us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 62,081,000us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Pioneer Pump Holdings Inc    
Payables and Accruals    
Pioneer additional purchase price $ 22,900,000us-gaap_SharesSubjectToMandatoryRedemptionSettlementTermsAmountCurrent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= fele_PioneerPumpHoldingsIncMember
$ 0us-gaap_SharesSubjectToMandatoryRedemptionSettlementTermsAmountCurrent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= fele_PioneerPumpHoldingsIncMember