I would scrap it, time to spend a little on an upgrade , use existing wiring and get something up to date in, will be worth spending the money
Although 9651 is a good panel, personally would go for the g2-12 there are many others
Depends on the panel, some of the old ones do this due to no servicing and life span of the nvm which has or may have lost its programming during the powercycle
Is it a 9800 or 9600 or newer?
Doc probably answer better
So you think relay contacts can last longer? Some do some don't, yes it's a companies job to make money, but seems to me they also giving a good service to customers by updating equipment where possible
Plenty of pirs about not activating plastics ready to crumble to
Havnt done no hybrids , but looks cheap , there is a few hiks about cheaper only by a little by what you have above, but I ain't no "expert on hybrids"
4tb hik still about same price retail that is
Didn't you bring up the issue of no power on battery leads , and then was advised that you need to connect the batteries etc
You may have mentioned you had to replace a fuse can't remember, perhaps this is why this panel is spare, where did you get it?