People steal manhole covers for the scrap value of 40$ and you think a battery pack that can be disassembled and turned into an off-grid system would be safe? I give it a year before people start swapping cells for bricks of equal weights in part of the pack or sell firmware flashing kits on AliExpress.
This always fascinates me. The fact that a manhole cover has a scrap value means that there is someone actually buying manhole covers and melting them for metal.
Scrap metal merchants. They buy scrap cars, girders from old buildings, household metal waste, manufacturing offcuts, and any other waste metal. They sell it on to a steelworks.
They usually weigh your truck, unload it, weigh it again and pay you the difference. They often won't see what they're buying, as long as it's magnetic.
