Furnace Ideas / Help

Yep, you're right I am. The white assembly appears to have an integral trap, bottom should be barbed for fitting tubing. IOM is not clear on this but sort of hints around its function. See below reference from page 62 (note this is not the application in question, just showing an explicit reference to the white component as a trap.

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Is that another drain in the duct work?