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Originally Posted by NJblue
I'm not so sure of this. I had a two story house up north and on hot summer days the AC could not get the upstairs cool because of the heat in the attic. I put in an electrically powered attic fan and from then on the upstairs was easy to keep cool. As long as your attic is properly vented along the soffits, any air sucked up through tiny openings from the house will be miniscule by comparison.
I would be more inclined to use an electrically driven fan since they are far cheaper and have the power to move more air and don't really consume that much power.
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My DH has come to the same conclusion.
We had one on our N.J. house and it did a great job.