Took almost precisely two hours and fifteen minutes to get the boiler
level down to where I decided to shut it off. So far we have five cups
of pear juice and I haven't emptied the juice container part lately so
there will most likely be more.

Once I got the thing up to boiling I set the timer for one hour and
walked away to do other things. Worked fine, did the job I hired it to
do, and I'm happy with the machinery. Not real happy with the clamp on
the end of the tubing but believe I can attach a stainless steel quarter
turn valve to that end and do a better job of controlling the flow. May
even increase the length of the tubing so I can just set a pot on the
oven door and let it run into that once it starts juicing good. I see
many potentials here. Thank goodness I used to operate units in chemical
plants, same theory as a basic boiler with a petcock here.