Lay Out Your Circuit

• Decide where you want your light, and find the nearest wall stud. Cut into the wall with a jigsaw in the shape of your electrical box, with one side of the square hole running against the stud. Drop one end of your wiring cable through the hole. If you're going to have a wall switch, cut a hole for the switch and run the wire to it from inside the wall. Then run another span of wire from the switch down to the basement. You may have to take off floor trim, open the bottom of the wall and drill down through the floor inside the wall to access the basement.
  
  

Set Your Boxes

• At the hole for the wall light, secure the wire bundle into the electrical box with the built-in wire clamp. Pull out and separate the three wires (black, white and bare copper). Fasten the box to the stud by angle-drilling in two or three long screws through the screw holes in the box, making sure the front rim of the box is even with the wall surface. Do the same for the plastic switch box, except it will have two sets of wires hanging out of it (one from the light, the other to the basement).
  
  

Wire Your Light and Switch

• Use the provided screws to attach your wall light mounting bracket to the electrical box. Attach the black and white wires from the light to the black and white wires from the wall, using wire caps. Attach the bare copper wire from the wall to the green grounding screw on the mounting bracket. Secure the light fixture to the bracket as instructed, tucking the wires into the box. For the wall switch, wire together the two white wires and the two copper grounding wires, and attach the two black wires to the light switch with the provided connection screws. Mount the switch onto its box and affix the plate cover over it.
  
  

Connect the Power

• In the basement, turn off the main circuit breaker to the house. Pull out the circuit breaker you want to use for the circuit (the removal procedure will vary; follow the instructions on your circuit box). Attach the black wire to the breaker with the connection screw. Attach the white and copper wires to the ground brackets where you see other white and copper wires, setting them into whatever open spots are available. Turn the power back on.