As you can see, connecting a receptacle to the light would see the receptacle only hot when the light switch is on. Here is what you would have to do if possible, change out the 2-wire to 3-wire cable from switch to light. Again, no ground wires are shown in the diagrams just to avoid clutter so you can clearly see how the circuit works. Related searches for wiring diagram light and receptacle receptacle wiring techniqueswall outlet wiring diagramdouble receptacle wiring diagramwiring diagrams switch light and outletreceptacle to switch wiring diagramreceptacle wiring diagrams made simpleelectrical outlets wiring diagramwiring split receptacles switch controlled