diff --git a/custom_components/localthings/registry/by_type/airconditioner.py b/custom_components/localthings/registry/by_type/airconditioner.py
index 9de96e0..e218de5 100644
--- a/custom_components/localthings/registry/by_type/airconditioner.py
+++ b/custom_components/localthings/registry/by_type/airconditioner.py
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ The first device whose core controls surface as a single composite HA `climate`
 entity (see capabilities/airconditioner.py and climate.py). Power/mode/temp/wind
 are consumed by that entity rather than exposed as separate switches/selects, so
 this registry includes *common.UNIVERSAL but deliberately NOT common.POWER --
-on/off is the climate entity's HVACMode.OFF / TURN_ON/OFF, and /power/0 +
-/power/vs/0 are already pre-claimed (no-entity) by airconditioner.COVERAGE via
-CLIMATE_CONSUMED_HREFS. A real POWER_GENERIC/POWER_VS_FALLBACK cap on either
-href alongside that bare claim would make _build() raise (see its docstring).
+on/off is the climate entity's HVACMode.OFF / TURN_ON/OFF. See common.POWER's
+own comment in capabilities/common.py for why it's excluded.
 
 Reuses dishwasher.DIAGNOSIS for /diagnosis/vs/0.
 """
diff --git a/custom_components/localthings/registry/capabilities/common.py b/custom_components/localthings/registry/capabilities/common.py
index d2b2ac5..7a490a1 100644
--- a/custom_components/localthings/registry/capabilities/common.py
+++ b/custom_components/localthings/registry/capabilities/common.py
@@ -348,15 +348,16 @@ SELF_CHECK = Capability(
 # these to a new family is a safe, harmless guess (issue #40's AI energy
 # level: 2 of 6 families confirmed, blanket-added everywhere else).
 #
-# POWER is kept separate: airconditioner deliberately does NOT include it.
-# AC's climate entity (registry/capabilities/airconditioner.py) already
-# owns /power/0 and /power/vs/0 -- they're pre-claimed there via bare,
-# no-entity Capability objects (COVERAGE) so a second, real POWER_GENERIC/
-# POWER_VS_FALLBACK cap on the same href would make _build() raise
-# (a href with >1 cap must have every cap discriminated by rt_filter/
-# match_fn, and the bare COVERAGE cap has neither). Kids-lock and remote-
-# control don't have this conflict -- no AC dump has ever reported those
-# hrefs -- so they stay in UNIVERSAL.
+# POWER is kept separate -- airconditioner is the one family that opts out
+# of it. Canonical reason (see by_type/airconditioner.py and its test for
+# pointers back here, not restatements): AC's climate entity already owns
+# /power/0 and /power/vs/0 via bare, no-entity Capability objects
+# (airconditioner.COVERAGE), and a second, real POWER_GENERIC/
+# POWER_VS_FALLBACK cap on the same href would make _build() raise (a href
+# with >1 cap must have every cap discriminated by rt_filter/match_fn, and
+# the bare COVERAGE cap has neither). Kids-lock/remote-control don't have
+# this conflict -- no AC dump has ever reported those hrefs -- so they stay
+# in UNIVERSAL.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 UNIVERSAL = (
diff --git a/tests/test_common_capabilities.py b/tests/test_common_capabilities.py
index 4a38654..e852809 100644
--- a/tests/test_common_capabilities.py
+++ b/tests/test_common_capabilities.py
@@ -142,10 +142,14 @@ class TestEnergyMeter:
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+def _ai_energy_level_desc(cls_name):
+    return next(e for e in common.AI_ENERGY_LEVEL.entities
+                if e.__class__.__name__ == cls_name)
+
+
 class TestAiEnergyLevelSwitch:
     def _desc(self):
-        return next(e for e in common.AI_ENERGY_LEVEL.entities
-                    if e.__class__.__name__ == 'SwitchDesc')
+        return _ai_energy_level_desc('SwitchDesc')
 
     def test_href(self):
         assert common.AI_ENERGY_LEVEL.href == '/energy/ailevel/vs/0'
@@ -190,8 +194,7 @@ class TestAiEnergyLevelSwitch:
 
 class TestAiEnergyLevelSelect:
     def _desc(self):
-        return next(e for e in common.AI_ENERGY_LEVEL.entities
-                    if e.__class__.__name__ == 'SelectDesc')
+        return _ai_energy_level_desc('SelectDesc')
 
     def test_shown_only_with_multiple_supported_levels(self):
         desc = self._desc()
@@ -282,10 +285,7 @@ class TestUniversalAndPowerBundles:
         }
 
     def test_power_kept_separate_for_airconditioners_sake(self):
-        """airconditioner.py deliberately doesn't unpack this bundle -- its
-        climate entity already owns /power/0 and /power/vs/0 via a bare,
-        no-entity claim (airconditioner.COVERAGE); a real POWER_GENERIC/
-        POWER_VS_FALLBACK cap on the same href would make _build() raise."""
+        """See common.POWER's own comment for why airconditioner opts out."""
         assert set(common.POWER) == {common.POWER_GENERIC, common.POWER_VS_FALLBACK}
 
     def test_no_overlap_between_the_two_bundles(self):