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[grumpyjohn01]

I reckon its an old roomstat probably still wired in to the c/h controls or is just getting a ghost voltage on OPs voltstick, have you had a wireless / smart stat added?

 

[Ragamuffin]

I reckon its an old roomstat probably still wired in to the c/h controls or is just getting a ghost voltage on OPs voltstick, have you had a wireless / smart stat added?

Evening,

We had an old honeywell stat on another wall in the same room, this has been removed and wires to it made safe and have a hive now instead.

 

[Avo Mk8]

Evening,

We had an old honeywell stat on another wall in the same room, this has been removed and wires to it made safe and have a hive now instead.

That triple core and E cable is typical of what would be used for an old stat. as grumpyjohn suggested.
Are you sure this is not the location where the Honeywell stat was removed from?

 

[Ragamuffin]

That triple core and E cable is typical of what would be used for an old stat. as grumpyjohn suggested.
Are you sure this is not the location where the Honeywell stat was removed from?

Definitely not, the stat was on a different wall but in the same room, I'm assuming that the previous owners fitted a sliding door and possibly cupboards which obstructed the point im having issues with, so every chance the stat was moved but it has been moved approx 4 metres away and all of the wiring is inside the walls??

If the stat was moved surely it would be impossible to relocate and wire in this way.

Picture shows the old stat on the right and the point I'm trying to remove on the left.

 

[Avo Mk8]

Definitely not, the stat was on a different wall but in the same room, I'm assuming that the previous owners fitted a sliding door and possibly cupboards which obstructed the point im having issues with, so every chance the stat was moved but it has been moved approx 4 metres away and all of the wiring is inside the walls??

If the stat was moved surely it would be impossible to relocate and wire in this way.

Picture shows the old stat on the right and the point I'm trying to remove on the left.

OK thanks. They both seem to be roughly the same height? As you say maybe it was moved previously to make way for the sliding door!
If they are stud or cavity walls it's possible to fish cables if you're lucky!

I'm still concerned that you apparently have power on your junction box when you switch off all the breakers. That should be impossible! Did you switch off all the breakers at the same time - ie all off together?
If when you checked, you actually switched breakers off one at a time and worked through them all, but you detected a voltage all the time, that supports my theory it might be a ghost voltage, indicated by your contactless tester, but the cable is not actually connected to anything.

 

[grumpyjohn01]

OK thanks. They both seem to be roughly the same height? As you say maybe it was moved previously to make way for the sliding door!
If they are stud or cavity walls it's possible to fish cables if you're lucky!

I'm still concerned that you apparently have power on your junction box when you switch off all the breakers. That should be impossible! Did you switch off all the breakers at the same time - ie all off together?
If when you checked, you actually switched breakers off one at a time and worked through them all, but you detected a voltage all the time, that supports my theory it might be a ghost voltage, indicated by your contactless tester, but the cable is not actually connected to anything.

I think you are right, I was wondering about the holes in the wall.....may have been done by an ambitious wet pants, if so original cable may still be wired in somehow? OP needs to check with proper voltage tester.