Wind power installation

A wind power installation according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the ohmic resistor has a resistance of at least 10 kΩ, preferably 50 kΩ.

A wind power installation according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the inductor is at least 2 μH, preferably greater than 10 μH.

A wind power installation according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the inductor comprises a wound wire resistor.

A wind power installation according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the ohmic resistor comprises a wire resistor.

A wind power installation according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the arrangement for continuously discharging electrostatic charge is electrically connected on the one hand to the electrical lightning diverter connection (8) of the rotor blade and on the other hand to the connection (blade adaptor) of the rotor blade.

A wind power installation according to one of the preceding claims characterised by a machine carrier which is arranged rotatably on a substructure, having a rotor shaft mounted on the machine carrier, with a rotor hub, with at least one rotor blade, and with a lightning protection transfer conduction means from the rotor blades to a stationary, electrically conductive component of the machine carrier which is earthed, wherein the lightning protection transfer conduction means is in the form of a lightning diverter member which is arranged in the region of the rotor blade root (24) at an insulation spacing relative to the rotor hub and which is electrically operatively connected to the rotor blade root (24) and which has a transfer projection (11) which is moved close as far as a predetermined spacing to the stationary electrically conductive component of the machine carrier (14).

A wind power installation having a machine carrier which is arranged rotatably on a substructure, with a rotor shaft mounted on the machine carrier with a rotor hub and with at least one rotor blade, characterised in that each rotor blade (5) has at its tip and at an insulation spacing relative to the rotor hub electrical conductive elements which are arranged on its rotor blade root (24) and which are electrically conductively connected to each other.

A wind power installation having a machine carrier which is arranged rotatably on a substructure, with a rotor shaft mounted on the machine carrier with a rotor hub and with at least one rotor blade, characterised in that arranged in a region of the machine carrier (14), which is towards the substructure, is a lightning diverter element which is in rubbing contact with an electrically conductive element of the substructure.

A wind power installation according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the rotor blade comprises an electrical non-conductor material such as for example glass fibre-reinforced plastic material.

A wind power installation with an arrangement for discharging electrostatic charges of at least one rotor blade of a wind power installation and a lightning protection device with a lightning diverter member, wherein the wind power installation has a rotor hub and rotor blades fixed thereto and in the region of the rotor blade hub the electrostatic charges are carried away by way of a different path from charges which occur with lightning, wherein the electrostatic charges are carried away by way of the hub and the charges occurring with lightning are carried away past the hub.