Just wanted to say thanks to BadCaps for all the great resources!

My Panasonic tc-p55gt30 had the common 7 blink code. Bought a kit from ShopJimmy via ebay account. Replaced the shorted Transistors and diodes. TV fired right up after replacement. About a month in with mild usage, TV went off with a loud bang while I was watching TV. Reopened the TV up and SC board (TNPA5335) is shorted again on the SC2 connector. Visually inspected and found R5207A (D604?) and R601 completely burnt. Wondering if it was a bad batch of transistors that may have caused this problem?

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