Patent ID: 8013619

Claim:
A system for performing a continuity test on a lightning conduction system of a wind turbine, the system comprising: a testing device including a blade ring and an electrically conductive member attached to the blade ring, the blade ring being configured to be positioned around at least a portion of an outer perimeter of a rotor blade of the wind turbine; a carriage attached to the testing device; and, a cable having a first end and a second end attached to the carriage and extending between a first anchor point and a second anchor point, the first and second anchor points being spaced apart from one another such that a lightning receptor of the lightning conduction system is generally disposed between the first and second anchor points, wherein the cable is coupled between the first and second anchor points such that, as the cable is displaced, the testing device is moved to a position at which the electrically conductive member contacts the lightning receptor.