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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
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-Paragraph 5
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Percentage of remaining performance obligation to total remaining performance obligation not recognized as revenue.

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-Publisher FASB
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-SubTopic 10
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Revenue Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Percentage	32.00%
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 16,598.9	$ 15,668.2	$ 14,197.6
Transferred at Point in Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Percentage	85.00%	84.00%
Climate [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 13,075.9	$ 12,343.8	11,167.5
Climate [Member] \| UnitedStates [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	9,143.5	8,285.4
Climate [Member] \| Non United States [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	3,932.4	4,058.4
Climate [Member] \| Equipment Sales [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	8,968.1	8,425.6
Climate [Member] \| Services And Parts [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	4,107.8	3,918.2
Industrial [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	3,523.0	3,324.4	$ 3,030.1
Industrial [Member] \| UnitedStates [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	1,811.4	1,763.6
Industrial [Member] \| Non United States [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	1,711.6	1,560.8
Industrial [Member] \| Equipment Sales [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	2,171.4	2,023.3
Industrial [Member] \| Services And Parts [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 1,351.6	$ 1,301.1