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Special Charges, Net - Special Charges (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Special charges, net
Employee termination costs			$ 0.1	$ 1.0	$ 1.0
Other cash costs, net			0.0	0.0	1.0
Non-cash asset write-downs	$ 13.4	$ 5.7	0.3	0.0	0.4
Total Special Charges			0.4	1.0	2.4
Operating Segments \| HVAC reportable segment
Special charges, net
Other cash costs, net			0.0	0.0	0.0
Non-cash asset write-downs			0.0	0.0	0.0
Total Special Charges			0.1	0.1	0.5
Operating Segments \| Detection and Measurement reportable segment
Special charges, net
Other cash costs, net			0.0	0.0	0.0
Non-cash asset write-downs			0.3	0.0	0.0
Total Special Charges			0.3	0.9	0.3
Corporate
Special charges, net
Other cash costs, net				0.0	1.0
Non-cash asset write-downs			0.0	0.0	0.4
Total Special Charges					1.6
Employee Termination Costs
Special charges, net
Employee termination costs			0.1	1.0	1.0
Employee Termination Costs \| Operating Segments \| HVAC reportable segment
Special charges, net
Employee termination costs			$ 0.1	0.1	0.5
Employee Termination Costs \| Operating Segments \| Detection and Measurement reportable segment
Special charges, net
Employee termination costs				$ 0.9	0.3
Employee Termination Costs \| Corporate
Special charges, net
Employee termination costs					$ 0.2