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You are absolutely right, but the negative cable should be disconnected, not the positive. If your wrench slips while disconnecting the positive, with the negative still attached, it will arc like mad.
Always disconnect the negative cable first!!!
Mea maxima culpa.
I knew that.
I'm glad I didn't blow the OP up.
On some level I must have been thinking about jumping the battery.
