2.4.0.82107100 - Disclosure - Nature of Operationstruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2014Q1http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000098752duration2013-05-01T00:00:002013-07-31T00:00:001true 1ttlo_NatureOfOperationsAbstractttlo_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Nature of Operations [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">NATURE OF OPERATIONS&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Torotel,&#160;Inc. (&#8220;Torotel&#8221;) conducts business primarily through its wholly owned subsidiary, Torotel Products,&#160;Inc. (&#8220;Torotel Products&#8221;), but also operates another wholly owned subsidiary, Electronika, Inc. (&#8220;Electronika&#8221;).&#160; Another subsidiary, Torotel Manufacturing Corporation ("TMC"), provided manufacturing services to Torotel Products. TMC ceased activities on December 31, 2012.&#160; Torotel specializes in the custom design and manufacture of a wide variety of precision magnetic components, consisting of transformers, inductors, reactors, chokes, toroidal coils, high voltage transformers, dry-type transformers and electro-mechanical assemblies, for use in commercial, industrial and military electronics.&#160; Torotel also distributes ballast transformers for the airline industry.</font></div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6003-108592 false0Nature of Operations [Text Block]falseNature of OperationsUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.torotelproducts.com/role/NatureOfOperations12