Fleet Maintenance Product Guide

CCS Lightning Cab Comfort System

Designed and made in Canada, the CCS Lightning Cab Comfort System was originally created as the auxiliary power unit that's been used in the U.S. military's armored personnel carriers for the last decade. From Ottawa-based Mechron Power Systems, a division of Toromont Industries (the Caterpillar distributor in Manitoba, Nunavut, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador), it features a custom Kubota diesel engine with an enlarged oil sump and filter, a direct-driven generator (no belts), and a compact enclosure. It uses minimal frame space, just 21 in., because its air intake is at the rear, not the side. This also minimizes the intake of dirty air.