HELP!!!,Need your help people, Please advise on POLL!!! Cmon people

I am of the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality. If you are not having problems now, no need to spend $$$. I use a huge Xerox printer for my business that has been discontinued for many years. I can still get most parts if I need them so I will run it until it's toast At some point I'll have to give in and replace it but what's the rush? If you hold out longer, there may be an even newer model that you like better.

How about an other option, say locate a used P28FS on Craigslist, see it in action .... etc...

I would keep the p28. I have a fs2000 and I like it. If you need parts that are discontinued post what you need on hearth.com and you will be able to find replacement parts (not from Breckwell) that are like half the price and twice as good. Also what is the big problem with the analogue board? The digital boards are going bad all the time. Just my 2 cents. Good luck.

The P2000fs is still being made with little changes to the older models. So because you can still get the parts for the P2000fs pretty easy. I'd steer to that model. Plus much easier to convert to the digital age controller. Facing the fact that its analog controller is no longer made. You will eventually need to convert to the digital controller.

Put the P28fs out on the classifieds to recoup some cash.

I did see a NOS analog controller on ebay. But it will not work on the P28's and a 4 RPM auger. Its only for the 1 RPM Breckwells.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Breckwell-pelle...108?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3363b9637c

Is the 2000 new, or used? If used, what year is it? I have two P2000 inserts, love one, hate the other, which, for the 2nd time in 2 weeks, is in pieces on the living room floor, though I can't blame this issue on the stove (a small magnet somehow got into the hopper & jammed the auger, and got the gears in the auger motor out of alignment).

Our stoves were purchased from & installed by the same dealer, but a year apart - 2002 & 2003. The older stove has never, ever been a problem. It is used 24x7 from Nov. to April, except when off for cleaning. The igniter did finally burn out after we running 59 hours powered by our gas generator, during last winter's ice storm. I think the surge when we got electric back may have zapped it, as we also had several electric heat thermostats and a few light bulbs that were zapped, too.

The 2003 stove upstairs has been nothing but trouble, though. It's used daily from late Dec. - Mar., occasionally during Nov. & Apr., and it's often shut off overnight. Usually needs at least 1 thing replaced every year, so far we've replaced: 2 convection motors, 1 combustion motor, 3 control boards, 1 remote thermostat set up, 1 burnpot insert (burned a huge hole in the bottom after 2 seasons). This one also has a slightly warped door, so that it's never tight unless I use larger size gasket & spend an hour adjusting the hinges.

There are some slight differences between the design of the two stoves - clean out doors, burn pot, 1 rpm auger motor vs. 4 rpm, don't know if that's why the two have operated so differently. If I had it to do over, I probably would get Harmans - there are a heck of a lot more Harman dealers around here, most of them dropped Breckwell shortlly after we bought our stoves, so it's difficult to get service.