Search wildcard not working?

[MarcusF]

Hi, not sure if this is a me issue, but the search wildcard * doesn't seem to be working currently.

I was looking for a manual for BC36CT80SNB, so I put in BC36CT80* and BC36*, no results. When I searched for it on Google however, this post came up, which is an exact model number match: 

 

[Son of Samurai]

56 minutes ago, MarcusF said:

I was looking for a manual for BC36CT80SNB, so I put in BC36CT80* and BC36*, no results. When I searched for it on Google however, this post came up, which is an exact model number match: 

Looks like you have an extra C in there as the second character of the model number. If you remove that, you should pull up results.

When I search with a truncated form of the model number like B36CT8*, I get the expected results.

[MarcusF]

34 minutes ago, Son of Samurai said:

Looks like you have an extra C in there as the second character of the model number. If you remove that, you should pull up results.

When I search with a truncated form of the model number like B36CT8*, I get the expected results.

Duh, that explains it! Thank you, and I apologize.

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