What with the PAL sticker and is this a Heavy Sixer or not?

[mannye]

I recently got this sixer. Maybe it's a heavy sixer? Not sure even though it has the "u" shaped thick trim and it sure is heavy. But no stickers on the bottom so I can't be 100% sure.

 

Anyway, I took it apart to re-flow the solder joints on the power switch which was being difficult (and all six joints were cracked) and spray some cleaner into the switches, followed by some De-Oxit Gold.

 

It now works perfectly (amazing!) but I'm curious about the PAL sticker. So far frogger and combat look perfect and play pretty well on my Samsung LCD. I have attached some pics to see if you guys can confirm a heavy sixer and show you a detail of the PAL sticker.

 

Also, anyone have a source for the black felt washers? Mine were either missing or hard and brittle.

[alex_79]

You can easily identify an heavy sixer by just looking at the bottom half of the case, no need to open it.
Yours is a light sixer.
http://www.retrogamescollector.com/how-to-tell-an-atari-cx2600-heavy-sixer-from-a-light-sixer/

I've seen that PAL sticker on the modulator of NTSC consoles in the past. Don't know what it means.

[mannye]

Strange. I haven't weighed it yet, but the case I have looks like the heavy sixer case, at least to my eyes... let me add some pics. And weigh it as well. EDIT: It's a light sixer..

Edited September 8, 2017 by mannye