Why does ice form around the copper pipes of a split type air conditioner?
Because they are cold. Cold causes moisture in the air to condense on the pipes, and if they are cold enough, that moisture freezes. Insulate them.
Check the memory wafers and isolinear chip buffers.
air conditioning is a cycle-process the gas(freon) is continually subjected to change its composition from gas to liquid to gas. and again through condensation and compression. in this manner freon alternately becomes heated and cooled. the copper tubing you must be referring to leads toward the fan where freon should be cool, when the air generated by the fan hits the 'icy' tubing, it results in the release of cool air through the vent. thereby giving off the desired cooling effect.
Edit A couple good answers, above. First, check your circulating air filter; it may be too dirty and restricting the air flow . The air puts heat into the refrigerant as that air is being cooled by the refrigerant. If there is not sufficient air to warm the refrigerant, the system will get too cold and frosting will begin. Sooner or later (probably sooner) the evaporator coil will frost -over and the system will stop functioning. This could be potentially damaging to the compressor.
