Unhook the ground. That's all you need to unhook to open the circuit. The reason for unhooking the ground is simply a safety issue... if you had a ring that came in contact with ground while you were unhooking the hot cable... or you dropped a wrench as I'm known to do sometimes. I've never had them land on anything serious..... but it could happen.
Master disconnects are also a great thing. I think every machine should have one (I need to get busy on that)... and every one I've ever seen, factory or added was on the ground, not the hot. You can generally get away with less switch on the ground I beleive...
Also keep in mind that a battery will still discharge at a rate of 1-3% a month (in theory) even if it's disconnected. Keep the top clean and dry and give it a little charge periodically to keep it up.
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