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# LAB-003 — Truck Battery Disconnect Install Packet
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No battery disconnect switch has been purchased or installed yet.
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This packet turns the issue into a field-ready purchase / install / validation checklist while preserving what still requires live work.
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## Candidate Store Run
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- AutoZone — Newport or Claremont
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- Advance Auto Parts — Newport or Claremont
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- O'Reilly Auto Parts — Newport or Claremont
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## Required Items
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- battery terminal disconnect switch
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- terminal shim/post riser if needed
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## Selection Criteria
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- Fits the truck battery post without forcing the clamp
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- Mounts on the negative battery terminal
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- Physically secure once tightened
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- no special tools required to operate
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## Live Purchase State
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- Store selected: pending
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- Part selected: pending
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- Part cost: pending purchase
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## Installation Target
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- Install location: negative battery terminal
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- Ready to operate without tools: yes
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## Install Checklist
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- [ ] Verify the truck is off and keys are removed before touching the battery
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- [ ] Confirm the disconnect fits the negative battery terminal before final tightening
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- [ ] Install the disconnect on the negative battery terminal
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- [ ] Tighten until physically secure with no terminal wobble
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- [ ] Verify the disconnect can be opened and closed by hand
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## Validation Checklist
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- [ ] Leave the truck parked with the disconnect opened for at least 24 hours
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- [ ] Reconnect the switch by hand the next day
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- [ ] Truck starts reliably after sitting 24+ hours with switch disconnected
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- [ ] Receipt or photo of installed switch uploaded to this issue
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## Overnight Verification Log
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- Install completed: False
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- Physically secure: False
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- Overnight disconnect duration: pending
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- Truck started after disconnect: pending
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- Receipt / photo path: pending
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## Battery Replacement Fallback
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If the truck still fails the overnight test after the disconnect install, replace battery and re-run the 24-hour validation.
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## Missing Live Fields
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- store_selected
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- part_name
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- install_completed
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- physically_secure
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- overnight_test_hours
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- truck_started_after_disconnect
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- receipt_or_photo_path
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## Honest next step
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Buy the disconnect switch, install it on the negative battery terminal, leave the truck disconnected for 24+ hours, and only close the issue after receipt/photo evidence and the overnight start result are attached.
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