Business Segments Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Results Of Operations By Business Segments

	Sales							Earnings						Total Assets
	2010			2011		2012		2010		2011		2012		2010	2011	2012
Process Management	$	6,022		7,000		7,899		1,093		1,402		1,599		5,406	5,915	6,607
Industrial Automation	4,289			5,294		5,188		591		830		871		3,688	3,818	3,619
Network Power	5,828			6,811		6,399		800		756		624		8,072	7,945	7,212
Climate Technologies	3,801			3,995		3,766		691		709		668		2,172	2,229	2,260
Commercial &
Residential Solutions	1,755			1,837		1,877		357		375		396		1,314	1,271	1,155
	21,695			24,937		25,129		3,532		4,072		4,158		20,652	21,178	20,853
Differences in
accounting methods								195		231		226
Corporate and other (a)(b)								(587	)	(449	)	(1,045	)	2,191	2,683	2,965
Sales eliminations/Interest	(656		)	(715	)	(717	)	(261	)	(223	)	(224	)
Total	$	21,039		24,222		24,412		2,879		3,631		3,115		22,843	23,861	23,818

Business Segments Financial Information

	Intersegment Sales				Depreciation and Amortization Expense			Capital Expenditures
	2010		2011	2012	2010	2011	2012	2010	2011	2012
Process Management	$	3	7	13	183	198	198	105	194	228
Industrial Automation	570		640	619	150	148	138	114	138	134
Network Power	31		24	38	205	286	256	103	99	101
Climate Technologies	46		42	45	148	138	133	104	120	106
Commercial &
Residential Solutions	6		2	2	95	57	53	57	35	46
Corporate and other					35	40	45	41	61	50
Total	$	656	715	717	816	867	823	524	647	665

Financial Information By Geographic Area

	Sales by Destination				Property, Plant and Equipment
	2010		2011	2012	2010	2011	2012
United States and Canada	$	9,823	10,773	10,980	1,858	1,869	1,918
Asia	4,858		5,636	5,790	505	583	592
Europe	4,309		5,271	4,946	683	714	689
Latin America	1,065		1,319	1,430	229	262	293
Middle East/Africa	984		1,223	1,266	12	9	17
Total	$	21,039	24,222	24,412	3,287	3,437	3,509