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Hope this is not too much technical info, but here it goes...

I've had this happen three times in my Saftronics VFD that I got in my used Partner 1F. This VFD has an "IGBT" module that contains...

Sorry for the late response, but it seems you have already diagnosed the problem. The braking resistor should never be smoking hot unless the transistor controlling the brake is shorted.

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