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   Pierre1 | Dec 19, 2006 07:26am | #1

   WAG: it could be an inline 'reservoir' that minimizes temp fluctuations when water is drawn elsewhere in the house.

    

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   jhausch | Dec 19, 2006 07:36am | #2

   I want to bump this one.  I'd love to hear an answer on this one, too.

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   Pierre1 | Dec 19, 2006 07:42am | #3

   Yeah, I hope some of the old codgers pipe up. :-) 

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   IMERC | Dec 19, 2006 08:14am | #4

   riser extension.. the plumber ran out of half inch and had to make do...

    

   try flow damper....

    

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   McPlumb | Dec 19, 2006 04:22pm | #5

   Pierre1 has sound and reasonable though, looks like attachment for shower head at the top. The notch in the 2x4 would have been about the right height for shower valve. It can't be one of those new soap and hot wax dispensers for a shower.

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   BossHog | Dec 19, 2006 04:35pm | #6

   I wonder if it was intended to be a "mixing chamber" - Something to make sure the hot and cold water were mixed well so the temp at the showerhead was consistent.

   But it's just a guess...

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   plumbbill | Dec 19, 2006 05:34pm | #7

   Well I felt like givimg an Imerc answer, but the smart azz beat me to it. ;-)

   Pierre, MCplumb, & boss are right on in my experience, only have seen a couple of them though.

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   Shacko | Dec 19, 2006 07:41pm | #8

   Agree with IMERC, looks like someone ran out of pipe and put this in just to get the job done. There is only one line so I don't believe that it can be a mixing chamber. From the picture it looks like a hose bib. Bottom line is to get rid of it. Lots of luck.

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   ClaysWorld | Dec 19, 2006 08:24pm | #9

   Hey your all wrong. This is the predecessor to water filtration. As with all good inventions this inventor was getting close.

   After the filter was installed he could never get to it.

   So as evolution he figured the next one would get unions And an access panel.

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