what will happen if instead of neutral we use earth wire as
return conductor?if we can use ,then why we are not using in
our day to day appliances?please justify the answer

Answer Posted / guest

If earth is used as return conductor all the earth
protections will b bypassed. If ELCB is used it will not
work and energy meters will not record energy consumed etc.;

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