Transient application of a poloidal electric field to reversed field pinch (RFP) plasmas has led to a period in which dynamo activity (inherent in standard RFP plasmas) nearly vanishes. Measurements of the plasma resistivity, current density and electric field profiles show the edge-applied electric field accommodates Ohm’s law balance without a dynamo term over the entire cross section. Neoclassical theory accurately predicts the resistivity in the RFP, as the predicted resistivity profile (based on measurements of electron temperature, effective ionic charge, and two-dimensional equilibrium effects) is in agreement with the ratio of the parallel electric field and current density profiles.