[Milsurplus] BC-348 Power Supply/Biasing

[Michael D. Harmon]

I recently picked up a BC-348Q which I would like to get working.  It 
had no dynamotor or power supply, but everything else was there.  
Actually, it's in pretty good shape for an 80-year old radio!  All the 
tubes (except for one 6SK7) even tested OK on my TV-7.  There were a lot 
of loose wires, but I believe that I have them all identified now.  The 
filaments had already been rewired for 6.3V operation.

I scrounged up a surplus transformer and built a power supply and 
mounted it on a piece of heavy-gauge aluminum cut to fit the original 
dynamotor opening.  With a 4000-ohm 20-watt resistor (245V @ 60 mA) on 
the output, the supply puts out 245V.  I have used the drawing for the 
EP-298 Hallicrafters supply as a design model, and the plate supply is 
isolated from chassis ground - no chassis connections at all.

I'm obviously missing something here!  Where is the ground return?  If 
both the B+ and B- output connections on the power supply are isolated 
from ground, How is a voltage developed between either one and chassis 
ground???

I've been dealing with this issue so long my brain is fried!  Please 
somebody help!

Thanks!

Mike Harmon, WB0LDJ

mharmon at att dot net