No I just used # 10 AWG romex (house wire) because it was easier to work with than UF. I'v never heard of sun rated wire I'v heard of oil and sunlight resistant wire.
sun rated wire is rated for exposure to sunlight (it is sunlight resistant wire). I have oil resistant wire but I've always wanted to see what the utility companies use for the lead wire for their street lights.
Here they use individual wires. Two blacks and a white for 240V and one back and one white for 120V (our 240V lights had 120V PCs, which require a neutral supply lead) So UF cable is safe for direct exposure to sunlight and weather?
Only the outer jacket of UF is sunlight resistant, not the inner conductors but I have seen UF used for street lighting before. At my work, we use this two wire cable that is sunlight resistant. It looks similar to a lamp cord but is black and one wire has a white tracer for the neutral.
Here NECo and NGrid use individual wires. (well, NGrid does and NECo did...) here's an example. One black and one white. On MV lights there are two blacks and a white for 240V 120V PC operation. Here's a 3-wire example. It's a GE M-250R1 with a browned out plastic lens and it's been dayburning for as long as I've known it (over 10 years at least). Here's another shot of it from the side. It's pretty much useless at night but I don't have the heart to report it because it will only get replaced and it's not like the light is really even that necessary. It has a light blue photocell, which means it was last relamped in the early-to-mid 90s.
BVE used separate wires too, but i think I've seen a few times where they've used one cable with both wires inside it (or maybe it was just a sleeve to keep the wires together).
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BVE used separate wires too, but i think I've seen a few times where they've used one cable with both wires inside it (or maybe it was just a sleeve to keep the wires together).