On Nov 24, 7:54*am, Meat Plow wrote:

Removing the return leg isn't going to cause problems in a properly
wired US home. Don't know about the UK.

That's just false. A properly wired US home without a neutral
wire to the transformer has 240V across both phases, which
can leave either phase anywhere from zero to 240 VAC. Damage
to 120V appliances will result unless the breakers trip first.

The 'ground' connection would have to carry the whole house's
current imbalance load in place of that neutral, through the earth to
some nearby dwelling that DOES have a proper neutral wire,
to the same pole-pig transformer, for this calamity not to occur.