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Payment for Divestiture

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details) $ in Millions						3 Months Ended
BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 08, 2021	Apr. 19, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2022 USD ($) project	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of large power projects \| project						2
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Transformer Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payment to purchaser						$ 13.9
SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc. \| Revenue Benchmark \| Product Concentration Risk
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenue percentage				25.00%
Sealite
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration					$ 80.3
Cash acquired					$ 2.3
Enterprise Control Systems Ltd
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration			$ 39.4
Cash acquired			5.1
Deferred payment			$ 16.4
Reduction in estimated liability						0.9	$ 6.7
Contingent consideration liability						$ 0.6	$ 1.5
Cincinnati Fan
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration		$ 145.2
Cash acquired		$ 2.5
International Tower Lighting, LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration	$ 41.8
Cash acquired	$ 1.1