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I think you mean 'single-phase supply', rather than 'phase supply'.

All high-voltage a.c. transmission and distribution systems are three-phase systems. This is because, for a given load, a three-phase system uses less copper than a single-phase system. Three-phase generators produce three 'phase voltages', each displaced, by 120 electrical degrees. These voltages are produced in three windings which are electrically connected in what is called a 'delta' configuration, with each 'corner' of the delta connected to the transmission system by 'line' conductors.

Three-phase systems are either 'three-wire' or 'four-wire' systems. Generally, three-phase, three-wire, systems are used for high-voltage transmission and distribution, whereas three-phase, four-wire, systems are typically (but not always) used for low-voltage distribution. Three-wire systems comprise three conductors called 'line conductors'; four-wire systems comprise three 'line conductors' and a 'neutral conductor'.

Depending the voltage standards used in the country in which you live, a single-phase supply is obtained either by connecting single-phase load between any two line conductors, or between any one line conductor and the neutral conductor.

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