A power supply negative-phase detecting circuit (10) for electronic equipment (12) using a three-phase AC power supply source includes a pulse generator (13) for generating a first pulse indicating the phase difference between any pair of two phases of three-phase AC power to be supplied to the electronic equipment and a second pulse indicating the phase difference between another pair of two phases of the three-phase AC power, a differentiating circuit (25) for generating a third pulse from the second pulse in synchronism with the rise-up of the second pulse so that the third pulse has a pulse width smaller than the phase difference between the first and second pulses, and a switching unit (14) for subjecting the first pulse and the third pulse to OR operation and turning on/off the power supply to be supplied to the electronic equipment on the basis of the OR operation result of the first and third pulses.