Unusually placed feed pipe

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Unusually placed feed pipe
Author: ArthurPeabody (NM) I was in the ED yesterday. I saw this in the bathroom: and wondered what this capped pipe could have been for. How can I get this image to show? Edited 4 times.
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Author: sharp1 (IL) Right click the box, then click "Open image in new tab".
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Author: ArthurPeabody (NM) Thanks. I meant how do I get it to show without the extra step.
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Author: Curly (CA) I do like Sharp1 does....other then that I have no idea. It is hard to see the cap etc. clearly. It might have been for a trap primer for a floor drain like this one from Sloan - [www.sloan.com] Edited 1 times.
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Author: ArthurPeabody (NM) Thanks. Other people's posts have the images display automatically. Perhaps it's a different image host. Why is a breaker trap primer necessary?
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Author: Curly (CA) The trap primer is needed for traps that seldom see water and could dry out. Which in turn would let fumes etc. into the building.
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Author: ArthurPeabody (NM) I speculated that that was it, but it seems to work only when the toilet's flushed. This toilet is a rear-discharge; perhaps it used to be plumbed through the floor, but it's a hospital and this was the ground floor.
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