Treadmill/Vibration

[Moonraker]

I'm thinking of moving fermentation from the kitchen to "my room" which, naturally enough for "my room", is full of SWMBO's stuff, including her treadmill, which would be 15 feet or so from the fv.

Could 45 minutes of treadmill-stomping every couple of days produce enough vibration to upset the yeast? Is that even a thing?

 

[ajf]

I wouldn't think that vibration would be an issue.
I was going to say that yeast does not have emotions, and could not therefore get upset (unless it is spilled), so I visited Merriam-Webster Online to get all the variations of the meaning of upset so I could make some smart-alec remark.
This is what I found.
" to defeat unexpectedly <was upset in the primary>"



-a.

 

[Daybis]

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Depending on the intensity of the vibrations, the only thing I could think of happening is that it would keep the yeast forming a solid yeast cake on the bottom and it might give the appearance of a more vigorous fermentation as some CO2 might come out solution. On the other hand, nothing may happen.