Rich Solar ALPHA 6 MINI 12V 460Ah Heated LiFePO4 Battery

15th of 45 we've scored in LiFePO4 Batteries

15th of 45 in LiFePO4

Rich Solar ALPHA 6 MINI 12V 460Ah Heated LiFePO4 Battery

12 V system
4,000-5,999 Wh
Self-heating
5-year warranty

SVT Score, Upper

Usability5.9/10Social5.8/10The SVT Score is placed on its category's range

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A 5,888 Wh, 12.8 V LiFePO4 battery in one compact case, with a 100 W internal heater, built-in Bluetooth, an IP65 case and 200 A continuous discharge.

$1,800

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SKU: RS-B12460M Category: LiFePO4 Batteries Brand: Rich Solar

Usability

5.9 out of 10

Capacity1012.8 V times 460 Ah is 5,888 Wh, on the 5,000 Wh and up rung

Efficiency1066.8 Wh per pound at 88.2 lb

Operating Range1200 A continuous discharge, 0.43C on 460 Ah

Charging: 200 A maximum, 150 A recommended
Temperature: charges at 32 to 131°F, discharges at −4 to 140°F

Lifespan6More than 5,000 cycles; no depth or end-of-life capacity published

Features7100 W heater, Bluetooth, IP65; no CAN or RS485 port, no series

Cold cut-off: low-temperature charging protection with automatic recovery
Expansion: up to four in parallel

Verification2No listing for ALPHA 6 MINI in any directory; page claims UN 38.3 only

Claim: page lists UN 38.3 and MSDS only (transport, not safety)

Better on verificationRich Solar ALPHA 3 PRO 314Ah Battery$1,799.99Scores 6.0

Warranty & Support55 years, prorated after year one

Schedule: 80 percent cover in year two, falling 20 points a year

Better on warranty & supportRich Solar ALPHA 3 PRO 314Ah Battery$1,799.99Scores 7.0

Price

List: $1,799.99 at richsolar.com

Summary

Huge 12 V bank, modest 200 A output

What it is: a 12.8 V, 460 Ah heated LiFePO4 battery with Bluetooth, introduced in October 2026
The trade-off: a lot of energy for its weight, but only 200 A continuous from 460 Ah
Not checked: Rich Solar posts a spec sheet but no manual, so the box contents and any series limit are unread
Look elsewhere for: closed-loop inverter communication or more than 200 A from one battery

Strengths

Very large capacity in one case
Light for its capacity
Built-in heater for cold charging
Phone monitoring built in
Sealed against dust and water

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Drawbacks

Low continuous current for its size
No closed-loop inverter communication
Parallel onlyno series wiring published
Cycle rating has no published end point
Prorated warranty
No manual published yet

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Social score

5.8 out of 10

RedditBrand-level4 out of 10

Scope: few Reddit threads name Rich Solar, and those found are complaints
Battery: an r/SolarDIY owner's new ALPHA 5 read 6.7 V instead of 48 V, and Rich Solar's technician had not returned his call after two days (August 2023)
Order: an r/SolarDIY buyer waited from March for an out-of-stock ground mount, then was told its price had risen from $180 to $699 and cancelled; the refund took months (May 2025)

GoogleBrand-level5 out of 10

Panels: DIY Solar Forum owners of Rich Solar 100 W panels reported them working as rated, one saying eight of them each pushed more than 100 W (August to September 2020)
Defects: an owner of 20 of the 100 W poly panels saw faint snail trails after a summer and found one with a broken diode wire (January 2021)
Controller: another found Rich Solar's MPPT controller OK but its setup and Bluetooth app in need of work (January 2021)
Warranty: a DIY Solar Forum owner reported Rich Solar cut its CIGS panel warranty from 5 years to 1 in 2021 (June 2026); an Escape Forum owner waited six weeks on a warranty claim (August 2024)

YouTubeBrand-level6 out of 10

Will Prowse: in a test of several panels a Rich Solar 200 W mono gave 157 W, 78.5 percent of rating, and a 100 W poly 88 W; he kept the poly first on his list for a small panel (May 2021, about 366,000 views)
Disclosure: Will Prowse states every video includes paid promotion or free product and some links are affiliate links

AmazonBrand-level8 out of 10

Seller: Rich Solar's Amazon US listings sit in a RICH SOLAR brand store sold and shipped by SUNRICH ENERGY
Panels: the 100 W 12 V panel family reads 4.7 from 1,326 ratings, 84 percent five-star and 2 percent one-star; the 200 W 12 V panel 4.6 from 519; the 200 W 24 V panel 4.3 from 252 (October 2026)
Controller: the BRAVO 40 MPPT controller reads 3.8 from 4 ratings (October 2026)

User reviewsNot scored

The retailer pool is blank: no US retailer listing carries ten native reviews of a Rich Solar product, and its Walmart listings hold none or one.

Trustpilot

Trustpilot rates richsolar.com 3.2 from 2 reviews, one three-star and one one-star, on a page claimed in October 2023 with no recent invitations (October 2026).

Track record

The BBB rates Rich Solar of Ontario, California an F, not accredited, on 5 complaints closed in three years (October 2026).
No CPSC or Health Canada recall names Rich Solar, searched in October 2026.
Brinkley RV's NHTSA recall 25V042000 (January 2025) replaced an overheating Rich Solar MPPT solar charge controller in up to 1,723 Model G trailers.

Not countedExcluded

Not counted in any pool: the testimonials on richsolar.com, the RICH SOLAR TALK YouTube channel, Rich Solar's Facebook pages and groups, and any brand-run subreddit.
Also not counted: Rich Solar's affiliate program and creator collaborations, dealer pages, and Explorist.life, whose co-branded panel ties it to Rich Solar.

Summary

Brand-level

3.2 on Trustpilot, an F from the BBB

Specs

Capacity4,000-5,999 Wh
AC OutputNot applicable
System Voltage12 V
Panel PowerNot applicable
Charge CurrentNot applicable
Safety ListingNone verifiable
Cell TypeNot applicable
Low-Temp ChargingSelf-heating
Warranty5 Years
MonitoringBluetooth built in
Weight88.2 lb

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At a glance

20.6 x 9.4 x 8.6 in
M8 terminals
UL94 V-0 plastic case
Passive cell balancing

Company

Rich Solar is the brand of Rich Solar Inc., which says it began in 2005 and keeps its offices and warehouse in Ontario, California.

Where it sells

It sells with a cart at richsolar.com, through a RICH SOLAR Amazon brand store run by the seller SUNRICH ENERGY, on Walmart, and through dealers such as Outbound Power.

Description

The ALPHA 6 MINI (SKU RS-B12460M) is a 12.8 V, 460 Ah LiFePO4 battery rated at 5,888 Wh, with more than 5,000 cycles on Rich Solar's spec sheet. It charges at up to 200 A (150 A recommended, 14.4 V charging voltage) and discharges at up to 200 A continuous, with a 10.0 V discharge cut-off.

A 100 W internal heater and low-temperature charging protection with automatic recovery let it charge in freezing weather; it charges at 32 to 131°F and discharges at −4 to 140°F. Built-in Bluetooth links it to the RICH SOLAR app for state of charge, voltage, current, temperature, cycle count and system status.

It has M8 terminals, an IP65 case of UL94 V-0 flame-retardant plastic, passive cell balancing and parallel expansion to four units. It measures 20.6 x 9.4 x 8.6 in and weighs 88.2 lb. Rich Solar introduced it in October 2026 alongside the 314 Ah ALPHA 3 MINI, and sells it at $1,799.99 on its own page.