Larger Watts = Larger Socket?

Hey,

I don't want to sound retarded but I am wondering. For bulbs that are 60 watts + do you need a special kind of light socket? I want to get some stronger lights but I thought most light sockets only allow 60 watts max before heating up like crazy. Do the light ends (the part that you screw in) change in size as you get more wattage? I have done some homemade rigging of my lights so I can get them plugged in right into my outlet so keep that in mind, don't want a blow breaker every 2 minutes, lol. I have searched and Googled and got nothing.

I know that the 1000 watt bulbs need the ballasts but does anything over 60 need that as well?

Sorry if the questions really stupid. Also, do you think that my hardware stores will even carry higher wattage cfls, MH bulbs, HPS bulbs, etc.

Thanks for all the help.

i think standard screw in bulbs are 'es27' or something along those lines, not all are limited to 60w, a few afound my house are. it should say on it. i have a 200w cfl... that needs a bigger socket but they are self ballasting and you can pick up 4m heavy duty hangers for like £5 so its not to bad.

Ok thanks. I quickly have checked out some stores around my house and it seems large lights are slim, so I may have to wire 2-3 more lights and then split them.