We are owner/builders and did the final plumbing ourselves. We put a Goldline Aquarite on our pool but haven't started it up yet, we just filled a week ago today.
We also installed the Intellitouch i7 and linked it to that as well. We can't yet say how well the chlorine generator works as we haven't turned it on but so far everything else we did seems to be working quite well.
If you feel confident in your ability to do this then go ahead. But if you do something wrong and ruin the hardware you get to back your own work and that can be expensive. So my answer would be it depends on your skill level and comfort with that type of project.
hth,
Jo
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