To what end?
Randy:
What are you using the return line for? This makes a big difference.
If it's for routing the return from the purge valve back to the tank, you can have it either way--sending the fuel back to the tank from which it came or to the other tank. Really doesn't much matter because you won't be "exchanging" a lot of fuel, at least not enough to create a problem overfilling the tank that the purge is feeding into.
If it's for a return system like you need on the new ECI injection system, then you definitely should have the fuel go back to the same tank it's coming from. That system, like the Continental setup on which it's based, returns a given amount of fuel and vapor to the tank. I forget the amount, but it's probably 2-3 gph.
Older Bonanzas with inboard aux tanks had a funky setup as a result of the fuel return. The vapor would go back to the left tank when the left main was selected; and it would go back to the right tank if the right main was selected. But when drawing from the aux tanks, all return fuel went back to the left tank. As such, you had to run the left main down to half or less before using the auxes. When the auxes were depleted, the left main would be nearly full again. Free fuel!
Of course it doesn't have to be hard. On my Sportsman I have a Left-Both-Right single-plane selector. The purge return is teed into the right tank's feed line through a one-way valve. When I purge during a hot start, I simply switch to the left tank. Fuel goes from the left tank, through the selector, through the firewall, up through the boost pump, engine-driven fuel pump, servo and right up to the purge valve, then backward through the tee and then on up to the right tank.
I was initially skeptical that the purge system was worth the trouble. Until, that is, I put my hand on the exposed aluminum lines during a hot-start purge. I could not hold my hand against the lines the fuel was so hot. Amazing.
Hope that helps.
MC