This. Unless you are making out with your battery, 12v is incredibly safe unless you arc come metal across the contacts. Doing a more powerful PV system right these days means stepping up to 48V and even that is pretty safe to handle with bare dry (not wet) hands. Maybe thin skinned baby hands will feel it? Caloused man hands don’t give 2 shits.

My solar PV array is 48v. A lot of the electric forklifts I work on are 48. It’s fine. Electrical Code changes at 60V and then you need to take it more seriously.

And if you don’t feel like fucking around spot welding a battery pack you can buy off the shelf LFP batteries that are a drop in replacement for lead acid including the BMS baked right into a plastic shell. They even look like a lead battery but are 1/3 the weight. Motorcycle versions even have a low battery protection system and will shut off at 20% life left when the bike is parked. Press a button on the battery and it wakes right up again.